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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.170
আমি বোঝা বহিমু, তোমা-সবার দুঃখ হৈল ।
তোমা-সবার ইচ্ছায় বিনামূল্যে বিলাইল ॥” ১৭০ ॥
āmi bojhā vahimu, tomā-sabāra duḥkha haila
tomā-sabāra icchāya vinā-mūlye bilāila
“All of you were feeling unhappy that no one was purchasing My goods and that I would have to carry them away. Therefore, by your will only, I have distributed them without charging.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord says that, by His devotees’ will, He distributed His goods without charging.
Śrīla Prabhupāda describes initial disappointment in the Western countries. By Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s grace, some young boys joined the movement in 1966.
The message of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra was distributed without bargaining or selling. Śrīla Prabhupāda prays for the Lord’s blessings upon the Western devotees spreading this movement.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then pointed out that Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the proper commentary on the Vedānta-sūtra. He then explained the catuḥ-ślokī (four ślokas ) of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the essence of that great scripture.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.
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “distributed”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “grace”, “blessings”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does sharing without expecting anything in return shape my attitude toward the holy name?
Offer a prayer for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s blessings upon devotees who are sharing the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
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