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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.44
সনকাদির মন হরিল সৌরভাদি গুণে ॥ ৪৪ ॥
sanakādira mana harila saurabhādi guṇe
“The minds of the four boy sages [Sanaka, Sanātana, Sanandana and Sanat-kumāra] were attracted to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa by the aroma of the tulasī that had been offered to the Lord.
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The four boy sages are Sanaka, Sanātana, Sanandana and Sanat-kumāra.
The aroma they encountered came from tulasī that had been offered to the Lord.
That aroma attracted their minds to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa.
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:
According to Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī’s request, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the well-known Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam verse beginning ātmārāmāś ca munayaḥ. He explained this verse in sixty-one different ways.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.
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lotus feet”
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: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What strikes you about the sages being drawn toward Kṛṣṇa through the aroma of offered tulasī?
Reread the verse and briefly reflect on how the offered tulasī directed the sages’ minds toward Kṛṣṇa.
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