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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.138
রাত্রিতে শুনিলা তেঁহো গোসাঞির আগমন ।
দেখিবারে আইলা প্রভাতে কূর্মের ভবন ॥ ১৩৮ ॥
rātrite śunilā teṅho gosāñira āgamana
dekhibāre āilā prabhāte kūrmera bhavana
Then one night Vāsudeva heard of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s arrival, and in the morning he came to see the Lord at the house of Kūrma.
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One night, Vāsudeva heard that Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu had arrived.
The following morning, he came to see the Lord.
He went to the house of Kūrma to see Him.
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice about Vāsudeva’s response upon hearing of the Lord’s arrival?
Take a moment today to reflect on Vāsudeva’s desire to see Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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