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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.150
‘বাসুদেবোদ্ধার’ এই কহিল আখ্যান ।
‘বাসুদেবামৃতপ্ৰদ’ হৈল প্রভুর নাম ॥ ১৫০ ॥
‘vāsudevoddhāra’ ei kahila ākhyāna
‘vāsudevāmṛta-prada’ haila prabhura nāma
Thus I have described how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu reclaimed the leper Vāsudeva and so received the name Vāsudevāmṛta-prada.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu reclaimed the leper Vāsudeva.
Through this act, He received the name Vāsudevāmṛta-prada.
The name Vāsudevāmṛta-prada appears in verses composed by Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this name help me remember the Lord’s kindness to Vāsudeva?
Read the name Vāsudevāmṛta-prada aloud, remembering that it recalls the Lord’s reclaiming Vāsudeva.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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