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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.110
ব্রাহ্মণসকল করেন প্রভুর নিমন্ত্রণ ।
বল্লভ-ভট্ট তাঁ-সবারে করেন নিবারণ ॥ ১১০ ॥
brāhmaṇa-sakala karena prabhura nimantraṇa
vallabha-bhaṭṭa tāṅ-sabāre karena nivāraṇa
All the brāhmaṇas of the village were eager to extend invitations to the Lord, but Vallabha Bhaṭṭācārya forbade them to do so.
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All the brāhmaṇas of the village wanted to extend invitations to the Lord.
Their desire to invite Him was eager.
Vallabha Bhaṭṭācārya forbade them to extend those invitations.
Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.
The mood of Madhya 19 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Knowing that he wanted to resign his post, the Nawab had him arrested and imprisoned. The Nawab then went off to attack Orissa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do I respond when something I eagerly wish to offer cannot go ahead?
Reflect briefly on one occasion when your eagerness met a limit, keeping both the eagerness and restraint in this verse in mind.
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