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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.203
এই জীব — সনকাদি সব মুনিজন ।
‘নির্গ্রন্থ’ — মূর্খ, নীচ, স্থাবর-পশুগণ ॥ ২০৩ ॥
ei jīva — sanakādi saba muni-jana
‘nirgrantha’ — mūrkha, nīca, sthāvara-paśu-gaṇa
“Living entities include great personalities like the four Kumāras, and also low-class foolish people, trees, plants, birds and beasts.
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The living entities include great personalities such as the four Kumāras.
They also include people described here as low-class and foolish. The teaching is not limited to the learned or exalted.
Trees, plants, birds and beasts are also living entities. In context, they too are included among those who can receive Kṛṣṇa’s mercy and serve Him.
Intellectual wonder humbled. Many explanations converge on the attractiveness of devotion; a hunter’s heart is transformed.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
In this regard, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu narrated a story about how the great sage Nārada converted a hunter into a great Vaiṣṇava, and how this was appreciated by Nārada’s friend Parvata Muni. Sanātana Gosvāmī then offered a prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the glory of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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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: “mercy”
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: “serve”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which forms of life do you tend to overlook when thinking about a living entity’s relationship with Kṛṣṇa?
Notice one plant, bird or animal today and remember that it too is a living entity related to Kṛṣṇa.
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