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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.2
জয় জয় গৌরচন্দ্র জয় নিত্যানন্দ ।
জয়াদ্বৈতচন্দ্র জয় গৌরভক্তবৃন্দ ॥ ২ ॥
jaya jaya gauracandra jaya nityānanda
jayādvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vṛnda
All glories to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu! All glories to Lord Nityānanda! All glories to Advaita Ācārya! And all glories to all the devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu!
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The verse offers all glories to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
It also offers all glories to Lord Nityānanda and Advaita Ācārya.
All the devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu are included in this offering of praise.
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 chapter Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu describes the symptoms of emotion and love and the awakening of one’s original loving relationship with the Lord, as well as the characteristics of a devotee who has actually attained that stage. He then describes the gradual increase of love of God up to the point of mahābhāva.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 23
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I remember to honor the Lord’s devotees as well as the Lord?
Read this offering of glories aloud once, giving attention to everyone it honors.
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