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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.273
মহাভাগবত দেখে স্থাবর-জঙ্গম ।
তাহাঁ তাহাঁ হয় তাঁর শ্রীকৃষ্ণ-স্ফুরণ ॥ ২৭৩ ॥
mahā-bhāgavata dekhe sthāvara-jaṅgama
tāhāṅ tāhāṅ haya tāṅra śrī-kṛṣṇa-sphuraṇa
“A devotee advanced on the spiritual platform sees everything movable and inert as the Supreme Lord. For him, everything he sees here and there is but a manifestation of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
A devotee advanced on the spiritual platform sees everything movable and inert as the Supreme Lord.
Everything such a devotee sees is a manifestation of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
This vision extends to everything seen here and there.
Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 8 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:
This conjugal love attains its highest perfection in Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s love for Kṛṣṇa. He next described the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the transcendental mellows of love of God.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this advanced devotee’s vision differ from your usual way of seeing your surroundings?
Notice one moving thing and one still thing, and reflect on how the advanced devotee sees both.
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