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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.79
একদিনের উদ্যোগে ঐছে মহোত্সব কৈল ।
গোপাল-প্রভাবে হয়, অন্যে না জানিল ॥ ৭৯ ॥
eka-dinera udyoge aiche mahotsava kaila
gopāla-prabhāve haya, anye nā jānila
The wonderful festival and installation of Śrī Gopālajī was arranged in one day. Certainly all this was accomplished by the potency of Gopāla. No one but a devotee can understand this.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The wonderful festival and installation of Śrī Gopālajī were arranged in one day. This was accomplished by Gopāla’s potency, which only a devotee can understand.
The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement spread worldwide within five years, astonishing mundane people. By the grace of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, we understand that everything is possible by Kṛṣṇa’s grace.
Those with faith in and devotion to Kṛṣṇa understand that such wonderful things happen by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s grace. We are simply the instruments.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
He then established the Deity of Śrī Gopālajī on top of Govardhana Hill with great pomp. Gopāla was worshiped, and the Annakūṭa festival was observed.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.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “festival”
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: “grace”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How would seeing myself as an instrument change the way I approach devotional service?
Before one act of devotional service today, pause and pray for Kṛṣṇa’s grace.
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