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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.58
“তুমি জগদ্গুরু — সর্বলোক-হিতকর্তা ।
বেদান্ত পড়াও, সন্ন্যাসীর উপকর্তা ॥ ৫৮ ॥
“tumi jagad-guru — sarvaloka-hita-kartā
vedānta paḍāo, sannyāsīra upakartā
“Because you are a teacher of Vedānta philosophy, you are the master of all the people in the world and their well-wisher as well. You are also the benefactor of all kinds of sannyāsīs.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Caitanya Mahāprabhu honors the teacher of Vedānta philosophy as a master and well-wisher of all people.
Māyāvādī sannyāsīs who teach Vedānta are customarily called jagad-guru. This title indicates that they are benefactors of all people.
Although Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya was a householder, he invited all the sannyāsīs to his home and offered them prasādam. He was therefore accepted as their best well-wisher and friend.
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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:
Hearing all these arguments, Caitanya Mahāprabhu told His devotees that Sārvabhauma was His spiritual master and that whatever he said out of affection was for everyone’s benefit. When Sārvabhauma met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he asked Him to hear Vedānta philosophy from him.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.
How can you express goodwill through practical hospitality?
Offer someone prasādam today with a welcoming spirit.
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