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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.9
কোন ভাগ্যে কোন জীবের ‘শ্রদ্ধা’ যদি হয় ।
তবে সেই জীব ‘সাধুসঙ্গ’ যে করয় ॥ ৯ ॥
kona bhāgye kona jīvera ‘śraddhā’ yadi haya
tabe sei jīva ‘sādhu-saṅga’ ye karaya
“If, by good fortune, a living entity develops faith in Kṛṣṇa, he begins to associate with devotees.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
By good fortune, a living entity develops faith in Kṛṣṇa.
Faith in Kṛṣṇa leads one to seek the association of devotees.
Beginning to associate with devotees follows the awakening of faith.
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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “associate”, “association”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does your faith in Kṛṣṇa encourage you to associate with devotees?
Make time today for a conversation with a devotee.
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