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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.48
‘নমো নারায়ণায়’ বলি’ নমস্কার কৈল ।
‘কৃষ্ণে মতিরস্তু’ বলি’ গোসাঞি কহিল ॥ ৪৮ ॥
‘namo nārāyaṇāya’ bali’ namaskāra kaila
‘kṛṣṇe matir astu’ bali’ gosāñi kahila
Offering his obeisances to Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya said, “Namo nārāyaṇāya” [“I offer my obeisances to Nārāyaṇa”].
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Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya offered his obeisances to Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
He said, “Namo nārāyaṇāya,” meaning “I offer my obeisances to Nārāyaṇa.”
Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, “Kṛṣṇe matir astu,” meaning “Let your attention be on Kṛṣṇa.”
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
The Bhaṭṭācārya then became acquainted with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and arranged accommodations at his aunt’s house. His brother-in-law, Gopīnātha Ācārya, established that Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu was Kṛṣṇa Himself, but Sārvabhauma and his many disciples could not accept this.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.
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: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Where is my attention now, and how can I turn it toward Kṛṣṇa?
Pause for one minute today and bring your attention to Kṛṣṇa, recalling “Kṛṣṇe matir astu.”
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