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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.9
কোন প্রকারে পারোঁ যদি একত্র করিতে ।
ইহা দেখি’ সন্ন্যাসিগণ হবে ইহাঁর ভক্তে ॥ ৯ ॥
kona prakāre pāroṅ yadi ekatra karite
ihā dekhi’ sannyāsi-gaṇa habe iṅhāra bhakte
“If by some means I can assemble all the sannyāsīs together, they will certainly become His devotees after seeing His personal characteristics.
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The brāhmaṇa hoped to assemble all the sannyāsīs so that seeing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s personal characteristics would awaken their devotion.
The purport explains that His characteristics and activities reveal Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This can be ascertained by following the scriptural injunctions.
Sincere study and appreciation of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu also apply to His authorized devotees.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Madhya 25.9 quotesCC Antya 7.11
This sincere study and appreciation of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is also applicable to His authorized devotees, and it is clearly stated in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Antya-līlā 7.11):
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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
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In this verse: “together”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can sincere study help me appreciate Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s personal characteristics?
Reread this purport and write down what it says His characteristics and activities reveal.
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