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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.146
সর্ববেদান্তসারং হি শ্রীমদ্ভাগবতমিষ্যতে ।
তদ্রসামৃততৃপ্তস্য নান্যত্র স্যাদ্রতিঃ ক্বচিৎ ॥ ১৪৬ ॥
sarva-vedānta-sāraṁ hi
śrīmad-bhāgavatam iṣyate
tad-rasāmṛta-tṛptasya
nānyatra syād ratiḥ kvacit
“ ‘Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is accepted as the essence of all Vedic literature and Vedānta philosophy. Whoever tastes the transcendental mellow of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is never attracted to any other literature.’
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is accepted as the essence of all Vedic literature.
It is also the essence of Vedānta philosophy.
Whoever tastes its transcendental mellow is never attracted to any other literature.
The purport of CC Madhya 25.146 quotesSB 12.13.15
This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (12.13.15).
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Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.
The mood of Madhya 25 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:
He then explained the catuḥ-ślokī (four ślokas ) of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the essence of that great scripture. From that day on, all the sannyāsīs of Vārāṇasī became devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “mellow”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What would it mean to read Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam to taste its spiritual sweetness, rather than only gather information?
Read this translation slowly today, giving special attention to the phrase “transcendental mellow.”
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