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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.171
প্রভু কহে, — নিত্যানন্দ, করহ বিচার ।
পুরী-সম ভাগ্যবান্ জগতে নাহি আর ॥ ১৭১ ॥
prabhu kahe, — nityānanda, karaha vicāra
purī-sama bhāgyavān jagate nāhi āra
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Nityānanda Prabhu to judge whether there was anyone within the world as fortunate as Mādhavendra Purī.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu drew attention to Mādhavendra Purī’s great fortune.
He asked Nityānanda Prabhu to judge that fortune.
His question was whether anyone in the world was as fortunate as Mādhavendra Purī.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu narrated this story for Lord Nityānanda Prabhu and other devotees and praised the pure devotional service of Mādhavendra Purī. When He recited some verses composed by Mādhavendra Purī, He went into an ecstatic mood.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 4
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s question invite me to consider about Mādhavendra Purī?
Take a moment today to reflect on the exceptional fortune Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recognized in Mādhavendra Purī.
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