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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.244
গোপীনাথাচার্য বলে — ‘আমি পূর্বে যে কহিল ।
শুন, ভট্টাচার্য, তোমার সেই ত’ হইল’ ॥ ২৪৪ ॥
gopīnāthācārya bale, — ‘āmi pūrve ye kahila
śuna, bhaṭṭācārya, tomāra sei ta’ ha-ila’
Gopīnātha Ācārya reminded Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, “My dear Bhaṭṭācārya, what I foretold to you has now taken place.”
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Gopīnātha Ācārya had predicted that the Lord’s blessing would enable Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya to understand devotional service thoroughly. That prediction was now fulfilled.
The Bhaṭṭācārya fully accepted Vaiṣṇavism and followed its principles naturally, without being pressured.
Even a little devotional service can save one from the greatest danger. Through contact with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Bhaṭṭācārya became a perfect devotee and was saved from the falldown of impersonalism.
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The purport of CC Madhya 6.244 quotesBG 2.40
In the Bhagavad-gītā (2.40) it is therefore said, sv-alpam apy asya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt: “Simply by performing a little devotional service, one can escape the greatest danger.”
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Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.
The mood of Madhya 6 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:
After this, Gopīnātha Ācārya and all the others, having seen the wonderful potencies of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, became very joyful. One morning after this incident, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu received some prasādam from Jagannātha and offered it to Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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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”
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: “blessing”
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: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What encourages me to take even a small step in devotional service?
Offer one small act of service to the Lord today, willingly rather than from pressure.
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