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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.274
স্থাবর-জঙ্গম দেখে, না দেখে তার মূর্তি ।
সর্বত্র হয় নিজ ইষ্টদেব-স্ফুর্তি ॥ ২৭৪ ॥
sthāvara-jaṅgama dekhe, nā dekhe tāra mūrti
sarvatra haya nija iṣṭa-deva-sphūrti
“The mahā-bhāgavata, the advanced devotee, certainly sees everything mobile and immobile, but he does not exactly see their forms. Rather, everywhere he immediately sees manifest the form of the Supreme Lord.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The mahā-bhāgavata, the advanced devotee, sees everything mobile and immobile.
Rather than simply seeing their forms, he immediately sees the form of the Supreme Lord everywhere.
Due to deep ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, the mahā-bhāgavata sees Kṛṣṇa everywhere and nothing else.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Quoted in the purport ofSB 4.22.28
In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Madhya 8.274) also it is explained that a mahā-bhāgavata, a highly advanced devotee, has no material vision: Although he sees trees, mountains, and other living entities moving here and there, he sees all as the creation of the Supreme Lord and, with reference to the context, sees only the creator and not the created.
Quoted in the purport ofSB 7.4.37
In Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Madhya 8.274) it is said: A fully Kṛṣṇa conscious person, although situated in this material world, does not see anything but Kṛṣṇa, anywhere and everywhere.
Quoted in the purport ofSB 7.7.55
Rather, everywhere he immediately sees manifest the form of the Supreme Lord.”
Quoted in the purport ofSB 9.9.44
As stated in Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Madhya 8.274): “The mahā-bhāgavata, the advanced devotee, certainly sees everything mobile and immobile, but he does not exactly see their forms.
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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:
Gradually Rāmānanda Rāya could understand the position of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu exhibited His real form, Rāmānanda Rāya fell unconscious. After some days, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Rāmānanda Rāya to retire from government service and come to Jagannātha Purī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love for krsna”, “ecstatic love”
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What does the purport identify as the source of the mahā-bhāgavata’s vision?
Write one sentence connecting deep ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa with seeing Him everywhere.
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