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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.94
শুনি’ আনন্দিত হৈল উপাধ্যায়ের মন ।
প্রভু তাঁরে কহিল, — ‘কহ কৃষ্ণের বর্ণন’ ॥ ৯৪ ॥
śuni’ ānandita haila upādhyāyera mana
prabhu tāṅre kahila, — ‘kaha kṛṣṇera varṇana’
Raghupati Upādhyāya was very pleased to hear the Lord’s blessings. The Lord then asked him to describe Kṛṣṇa.
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Raghupati Upādhyāya heard the Lord’s blessings.
He was very pleased to hear them.
The Lord then asked him to describe Kṛṣṇa.
Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.
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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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In this verse: “blessings”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How would you respond to an invitation to describe Kṛṣṇa?
Take a moment today to describe Kṛṣṇa in one simple sentence.
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