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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.269
শ্রদ্ধা করি’ এই লীলা শুন, ভক্তগণ ।
ইহার প্ৰসাদে পাইবা চৈতন্য-চরণ ॥ ২৬৯ ॥
śraddhā kari’ ei līlā śuna, bhakta-gaṇa
ihāra prasāde pāibā caitanya-caraṇa
All devotees should hear about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes with faith and love. By the grace of the Lord, one can thus attain shelter at His lotus feet.
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All devotees are encouraged to hear about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes.
This hearing should be accompanied by faith and love.
Through such hearing, one can attain shelter at His lotus feet by His grace.
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 returned to Jagannātha Purī through the great forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa (Jharkhand) in central India. At the end of this chapter, Kavirāja Gosvāmī sums up the incidents of the madhya-līlā and instructs every living being to read this sublime book of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes.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.
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “shelter”, “lotus feet”
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”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you bring more faith and love to your hearing about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Spend a few minutes hearing or reading about one of His pastimes, praying for shelter at His lotus feet.
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