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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.143
ক্বাহং দরিদ্রঃ পাপীয়ান্ ক্ব কৃষ্ণঃ শ্রীনিকেতনঃ ।
ব্রহ্মবন্ধুরিতি স্মাহং বাহুভ্যাং পরিরম্ভিতঃ ॥ ১৪৩ ॥
kvāhaṁ daridraḥ pāpīyān
kva kṛṣṇaḥ śrī-niketanaḥ
brahma-bandhur iti smāhaṁ
bāhubhyāṁ parirambhitaḥ
He said, “ ‘Who am I? A sinful, poor friend of a brāhmaṇa. And who is Kṛṣṇa? The Supreme Personality of Godhead, full in six opulences. Nonetheless, He has embraced me with His two arms.’”
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This verse was spoken by Sudāmā Brāhmaṇa in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in connection with his meeting Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Sudāmā describes himself as a sinful, poor friend of a brāhmaṇa, while Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, full in six opulences.
Despite this difference, Kṛṣṇa embraced him with His two arms.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Madhya 7.143 quotesSB 10.81.16
This verse was spoken by Sudāmā Brāhmaṇa in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.81.16), in connection with his meeting Lord Kṛṣṇa.
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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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “embraced”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the contrast between Sudāmā’s humility and Kṛṣṇa’s greatness deepen your appreciation of the embrace?
Read the quotation aloud once, reflecting on the words “Nonetheless, He has embraced me.”
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