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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.22
প্রভুরে প্রণত হৈল সন্ন্যাসীর গণ ।
আত্মমধ্যে গোষ্ঠী করে ছাড়ি’ অধ্যয়ন ॥ ২২ ॥
prabhure praṇata haila sannyāsīra gaṇa
ātma-madhye goṣṭhī kare chāḍi’ adhyayana
All the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs offered their obeisances unto Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and then began to discuss His movement, giving up their studies of Vedānta and Māyāvāda philosophy.
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All the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs offered their obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
They then began discussing His movement.
They gave up their studies of Vedānta and Māyāvāda philosophy, turning their attention to the Lord’s movement.
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 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. He invited all the sannyāsīs to his house to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and this incident has been described in the seventh chapter of the Ādi-līlā.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “discuss”, “discussing”
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 place do respectful attention and discussion of the Lord’s movement have in my study?
Spend a few minutes discussing the chanting described in this passage with a fellow reader.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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