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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.93
আসি’তেঁহো কৈল প্রভুর চরণ বন্দন ।
‘কৃষ্ণে মতি রহু’ বলি’ প্রভুর বচন ॥ ৯৩ ॥
āsi’ teṅho kaila prabhura caraṇa vandana
‘kṛṣṇe mati rahu’ bali’ prabhura vacana
Raghupati Upādhyāya first offered his respects to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and the Lord gave him His blessings, saying, “Always stay in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.”
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Raghupati Upādhyāya first offered his respects to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
The Lord responded by giving him His blessings.
His blessing was, “Always stay in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.”
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:
After this, a brāhmaṇa scholar named Raghupati Upādhyāya arrived and discussed Kṛṣṇa consciousness with the Lord. Kavirāja Gosvāmī then extensively describes the living condition of Śrī Rūpa and Sanātana at Vṛndāvana.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “blessings”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you keep the Lord’s blessing in mind during your day?
Write “Always stay in Kṛṣṇa consciousness” somewhere you will see it today.
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