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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.136
‘বাসুদেব’-নাম এক দ্বিজ মহাশয় ।
সর্বাঙ্গে গলিত কুষ্ঠ, তাতে কীড়াময় ॥ ১৩৬ ॥
‘vāsudeva’-nāma eka dvija mahāśaya
sarvāṅge galita kuṣṭha, tāte kīḍā-maya
There was also a brāhmaṇa named Vāsudeva, who was a great person but was suffering from leprosy. Indeed, his body was filled with living worms.
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There was a brāhmaṇa named Vāsudeva.
He was a great person, although he suffered from leprosy.
His bodily suffering was severe: his body was filled with living worms.
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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Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “worms”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the description of Vāsudeva challenge judging someone by bodily appearance?
Today, notice one good quality in someone without focusing on their appearance.
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