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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.257
ঊনবিংশে — মথুরা হৈতে প্রয়াগ-গমন ।
তার মধ্যে শ্ৰীরূপেরে শক্তি-সঞ্চারণ ॥ ২৫৭ ॥
ūnaviṁśe — mathurā haite prayāga-gamana
tāra madhye śrī-rūpere śakti-sañcāraṇa
In the nineteenth chapter I have described how the Lord returned to Prayāga from Mathurā and empowered Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī to spread devotional service.
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The nineteenth chapter describes the Lord’s return to Prayāga from Mathurā.
The Lord empowered Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī.
This empowerment was for spreading devotional service.
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:
Kavirāja Gosvāmī then describes something about Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Sanātana Gosvāmī and Subuddhi Rāya. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to Jagannātha Purī through the great forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa (Jharkhand) in central India.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.
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: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What purpose did the Lord give to Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī’s empowerment?
Write one sentence recalling whom the Lord empowered and what He empowered him to do.
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