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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.121
‘কূর্ম’-নামে সেই গ্রামে বৈদিক ব্রাহ্মণ ।
বহু শ্রদ্ধা-ভক্ত্যে কৈল প্রভুর নিমন্ত্রণ ॥ ১২১ ॥
‘kūrma’-nāme sei grāme vaidika brāhmaṇa
bahu śraddhā-bhaktye kaila prabhura nimantraṇa
In one village there was a Vedic brāhmaṇa named Kūrma. He invited Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu to his home with great respect and devotion.
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In one village lived a Vedic brāhmaṇa named Kūrma.
Kūrma invited Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu to his home.
He extended this invitation with great respect and devotion.
Expansive compassion. The Lord carries nāma and mercy from village to village, including deliverance of Vāsudeva.
The mood of Madhya 7 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:
While there, He bestowed His causeless mercy upon a brāhmaṇa called Kūrma and cured another brāhmaṇa, named Vāsudeva, who was suffering from leprosy. After curing this brāhmaṇa leper, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu received the title Vāsudevāmṛta-prada, meaning “one who delivered nectar to the leper Vāsudeva.”Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 7
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What do respect and devotion add to Kūrma’s invitation?
Read Kūrma’s invitation again and reflect on both the respect and the devotion with which he welcomed the Lord.
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