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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.351
এই ত’ কহিলুঁ সনাতনে প্রভুর প্রসাদ ।
যাহার শ্রবণে চিত্তের খণ্ডে অবসাদ ॥ ৩৫১ ॥
ei ta’ kahiluṅ sanātane prabhura prasāda
yāhāra śravaṇe cittera khaṇḍe avasāda
I have thus explained the mercy bestowed on Sanātana Gosvāmī by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. If one hears this description, all moroseness in the heart will diminish.
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The narration explains the mercy Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bestowed on Sanātana Gosvāmī.
The reader is invited to hear this description of mercy.
By hearing it, all moroseness in the heart will diminish.
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:
Sanātana Gosvāmī then offered a prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the glory of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. After this, the Lord gave Sanātana Gosvāmī a synopsis of Hari-bhakti-vilāsa, which Sanātana Gosvāmī later developed into the guiding principle of all Vaiṣṇavas.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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In this verse: “mercy”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might I make room to hear about the Lord’s mercy when my heart feels downcast?
Spend a few quiet minutes reading aloud the account of the Lord’s mercy to Sanātana Gosvāmī.
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