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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.15
তবে মহাপ্রভু তাঁর নিমন্ত্রণ মানিলা ।
আর দিন মধ্যাহ্ন করি’ তাঁর ঘরে গেলা ॥ ১৫ ॥
tabe mahāprabhu tāṅra nimantraṇa mānilā
āra dina madhyāhna kari’ tāṅra ghare gelā
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted his invitation, and the next day, after finishing His noontime activities, He went to the brāhmaṇa’s house.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted the brāhmaṇa’s invitation.
The next day, He first finished His noontime activities.
He then went to the brāhmaṇa’s house, carrying out His acceptance of the invitation.
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:
A Maharashtriyan brāhmaṇa who was living in Benares was a great devotee of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He was always very happy to hear the glories of the Lord, and it was by his arrangement that all the sannyāsīs of Vārāṇasī became devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How attentive am I to following through on invitations I have accepted?
Review one commitment you have made and take a concrete step to fulfill it.
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