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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.136
ক্ষীরের বৃত্তান্ত তাঁরে কহিল পূজারী ।
শুনি’ প্রেমাবিষ্ট হৈল শ্রীমাধবপুরী ॥ ১৩৬ ॥
kṣīrera vṛttānta tāṅre kahila pūjārī
śuni’ premāviṣṭa haila śrī-mādhava-purī
When the story about the pot of sweet rice was explained to him in detail, Śrī Mādhavendra Purī at once became absorbed in ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa.
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The story of the pot of sweet rice was explained to Śrī Mādhavendra Purī in detail.
On hearing it, he at once became absorbed in ecstatic love.
His ecstatic love was directed toward Kṛṣṇa.
Selfless service and longing. Gopāla’s requests, Gopīnātha’s mercy, and Mādhavendra Purī’s devotion deepen the theme of longing.
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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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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 of krsna”, “ecstatic love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How attentively do you hear accounts of Kṛṣṇa’s dealings with His devotees?
Read this account slowly today, pausing to reflect on Mādhavendra Purī’s love for Kṛṣṇa.
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