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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.260
ভাগবতের ‘ব্রহ্মস্তবে’র শ্লোক পড়িলা ।
শ্লোক-শেষে দুই অক্ষর-পাঠ ফিরাইলা ॥ ২৬০ ॥
bhāgavatera ‘brahma-stave’ra śloka paḍilā
śloka-śeṣe dui akṣara-pāṭha phirāilā
He began to quote one of Lord Brahmā’s prayers from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, but he changed two syllables at the end of the verse.
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Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya began quoting one of Lord Brahmā’s prayers.
The prayer came from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
He changed two syllables at the end of the verse.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised Sārvabhauma not to change the reading of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, because mukti-pada indicated the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa. Having become a pure devotee, the Bhaṭṭācārya said, “Because the meaning is hazy, I still prefer bhakti-pada. ” At this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and the other inhabitants of Jagannātha Purī became very pleased.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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