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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.134
ক্ষীর লঞা সুখে তুমি করহ ভক্ষণে ।
তোমা-সম ভাগ্যবান্ নাহি ত্রিভুবনে ॥ ১৩৪ ॥
kṣīra lañā sukhe tumi karaha bhakṣaṇe
tomā-sama bhāgyavān nāhi tribhuvane
The priest continued, “Would the sannyāsī whose name is Mādhavendra Purī please come and take this pot of sweet rice and enjoy the prasādam with great happiness! You are the most fortunate person within these three worlds!”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
By Gopīnātha’s stealing for His devotee, Mādhavendra Purī became the most fortunate person within the three worlds.
Kṛṣṇa is the Absolute Truth, beyond mundane distinctions of moral and immoral. Whatever He does is good.
The Lord is transcendental, outside the jurisdiction of this material world. The purport explains that He can be understood only by those already living in the spiritual world.
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 4.134 quotesBG 14.26
This is corroborated in the Bhagavad-gītā (14.26):
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
Selfless service and longing. Gopāla’s requests, Gopīnātha’s mercy, and Mādhavendra Purī’s devotion deepen the theme of longing.
The mood of Madhya 4 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:
But when He saw that many people were assembled, He checked Himself and ate some sweet rice prasādam. Thus He passed that night, and the next morning He again started for Jagannātha Purī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 4
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “gopīnātha’s”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this passage teach you about the meaning of “God is good”?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on how the gift of sweet rice was a personal blessing for Mādhavendra Purī.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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