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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.43
আকৃত্যে-প্রকৃত্যে তোমার ঈশ্বর-লক্ষণ ।
জীবে না সম্ভবে এই অপ্রাকৃত গুণ ॥ ৪৩ ॥
ākṛtye-prakṛtye tomāra īśvara-lakṣaṇa
jīve nā sambhave ei aprākṛta guṇa
“My dear Sir, according to Your behavior and bodily features, You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is impossible for ordinary living beings to possess such transcendental qualities.”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s behavior and bodily features identify Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. His extraordinary bodily measurements are called nyagrodha-parimaṇḍala.
Kṛṣṇa is the original father of every living being and is equally kind to everyone. His kindness extends to human beings, animals and trees.
Kṛṣṇa asks all living entities to give up other engagements and surrender unto Him, offering freedom from sinful activity and return to Godhead. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu made the same offer.
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The purport of CC Madhya 8.43 quotesBG 14.4
As stated in the Bhagavad-gītā (14.4), Kṛṣṇa is the kind father of everyone.
The purport of CC Madhya 8.43 quotesBG 9.29
He also says in the Bhagavad-gītā (9.29), samo’haṁ sarva-bhūteṣu: “I am equally kind to everyone.”
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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:
Rāmānanda Rāya, who was clothed in ordinary dress, offered the Lord respectful obeisances. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu questioned him on the object and process of worship and also asked him to recite verses from the Vedic literature.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.
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “to everyone”
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “surrender”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing that Kṛṣṇa is kind to every living being affect your willingness to surrender to Him?
Take a quiet moment today to ask Kṛṣṇa for help in surrendering to Him.
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