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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.124
তবে মহাপ্ৰভু তাঁর শিরে ধরি’ করে ।
বর দিলা — ‘এই সব স্ফুরুক তোমারে’ ॥ ১২৪ ॥
tabe mahāprabhu tāṅra śire dhari’ kare
vara dilā — ‘ei saba sphuruka tomāre’
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then placed His hand on Sanātana Gosvāmī’s head and blessed him, saying, “Let all these instructions be manifested to you.”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu placed His hand on Sanātana Gosvāmī’s head.
He blessed Sanātana Gosvāmī directly with His words.
His blessing was that all these instructions be manifested to Sanātana Gosvāmī.
Theological emotional crescendo. Bhāva, prema, the devotional rasas, and mahābhāva are systematically expounded.
The mood of Madhya 23 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:
In this way Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu blessed Sanātana Gosvāmī, placing His hand on his head. Thus Sanātana received the power to describe these subjects in books like Hari-bhakti-vilāsa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 23
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In this verse: “blessed”
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How does this blessing shape my approach to understanding the Lord’s instructions?
Read the Lord’s blessing aloud once, then quietly reflect on its meaning.
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