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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.59
সমুদ্ৰ-তীরে তীরে আলালনাথ-পথে ।
সার্বভৌম কহিলেন আচার্য-গোপীনাথে ॥ ৫৯ ॥
samudra-tīre tīre ālālanātha-pathe
sārvabhauma kahilena ācārya-gopīnāthe
While the Lord was going along the path to Ālālanātha, which was located on the seashore, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya gave the following orders to Gopīnātha Ācārya.
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The Lord traveled along the path to Ālālanātha.
Ālālanātha was located on the seashore.
As the Lord traveled, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya gave instructions to Gopīnātha Ācārya.
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:
Along with other devotees, Nityānanda Prabhu accompanied the Lord to Ālālanātha, but there Lord Caitanya left them all behind and went ahead with the brāhmaṇa Kṛṣṇadāsa. The Lord began chanting the mantra “ kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa he. ” In whatever village He spent the night, whenever a person came to see Him in His shelter, the Lord implored him to preach the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.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.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “gopīnātha”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How attentively do you listen when someone gives you instructions?
Today, listen carefully to one instruction before acting on it.
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