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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.310
শ্রীচৈতন্য-নিত্যানন্দ-অদ্বৈত-চরণ ।
যাঁহার সর্বস্ব, তাঁরে মিলে এই ধন ॥ ৩১০ ॥
śrī-caitanya-nityānanda-advaita-caraṇa
yāṅhāra sarvasva, tāṅre mile ei dhana
He who has accepted as everything the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Nityānanda Prabhu and Advaita Prabhu can attain this transcendental treasure.
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One who accepts the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Nityānanda Prabhu and Advaita Prabhu as everything can attain this transcendental treasure.
Kṛṣṇa is obtainable for the faithful, but remains far away from those accustomed to argue. Firm faith allows one to understand these talks.
Those outside the disciplic succession remain doubtful and engage in mental concoctions. Transcendental topics remain far away from mundane arguments.
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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:
He next described the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the transcendental mellows of love of God. Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya then recited a verse of his own concerning the platform of ecstatic vision, technically called prema-vilāsa-vivarta.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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In this verse: “lotus feet”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What would it mean for me to accept these lotus feet as everything?
Before studying today, offer a brief prayer at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Nityānanda Prabhu and Advaita Prabhu for firm faith.
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