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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.135
এত শুনি’ পুরী-গোসাঞি পরিচয় দিল ।
ক্ষীর দিয়া পূজারী তাঁরে দণ্ডবৎ হৈল ॥ ১৩৫ ॥
eta śuni’ purī-gosāñi paricaya dila
kṣīra diyā pūjārī tāṅre daṇḍavat haila
Hearing this invitation, Mādhavendra Purī came out and identified himself. The priest then delivered the pot of sweet rice and offered his obeisances, falling flat before him.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The priest did not ask whether Mādhavendra Purī was a brāhmaṇa. He recognized a bona fide devotee for whom Kṛṣṇa would even steal.
Although a brāhmaṇa does not ordinarily fall flat before others, he offers such obeisances to a devotee.
The Deity had spoken to both the priest and Mādhavendra Purī in dreams, placing them practically on the same platform. Still, the priest honored Mādhavendra Purī as a senior sannyāsī Vaiṣṇava and paramahaṁsa.
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 4.135 quotesCC Madhya 8.128
Had the brāhmaṇa priest been an ordinary brāhmaṇa, Gopīnātha would not have talked with him in a dream.
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.
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”
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: “delivered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do you appreciate a devotee’s devotion more than their social position?
Offer a respectful greeting to a devotee today, consciously appreciating their devotion rather than their status.
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