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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.58
পক্ষী, মৃগ, বৃক্ষ, লতা, চেতনাচেতন ।
প্রেমে মত্ত করি’ আকর্ষয়ে কৃষ্ণগুণ ॥ ৫৮ ॥
pakṣī, mṛga, vṛkṣa, latā, cetanācetana
preme matta kari’ ākarṣaye kṛṣṇa-guṇa
“The qualities of Kṛṣṇa captivate and attract everything, living and nonliving. Even birds, animals and trees are attracted to Kṛṣṇa’s qualities.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kṛṣṇa’s qualities captivate and attract everything, both living and nonliving.
Even birds and animals are attracted to His qualities.
Trees are also attracted to Kṛṣṇa. His attraction is not limited to human beings.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this verse broaden your understanding of Kṛṣṇa’s attraction?
When you see a bird, animal or tree today, recall that Kṛṣṇa’s qualities attract them too.
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