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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.278
“অহো ধন্যোঽসি দেবর্ষে কৃপয়া যস্য তৎক্ষণাৎ ।
নীচোঽপ্যুৎপুলকো লেভে লুব্ধকো রতিমচ্যুতে ॥” ২৭৮ ॥
“aho dhanyo ’si devarṣe
kṛpayā yasya tat-kṣaṇāt
nīco ’py utpulako lebhe
lubdhako ratim acyute”
“Parvata Muni continued, ‘My dear friend Nārada Muni, you are glorified as the sage among the demigods. By your mercy, even a lowborn person like this hunter can immediately become attached to Lord Kṛṣṇa.’
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Parvata Muni praised Nārada Muni as the sage among the demigods.
By Nārada Muni’s mercy, even a lowborn person like the hunter could immediately become attached to Lord Kṛṣṇa.
A pure Vaiṣṇava believes the statements of the śāstras. This verse is quoted from the Skanda Purāṇa.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Intellectual wonder humbled. Many explanations converge on the attractiveness of devotion; a hunter’s heart is transformed.
The mood of Madhya 24 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 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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I let someone’s background limit my faith in their capacity to become attached to Kṛṣṇa?
Reflect for a moment on the hunter’s transformation, remembering that his birth did not prevent attachment to Lord Kṛṣṇa.
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