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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.44
প্রভু কহে, — তুমি মহা-ভাগবতোত্তম ।
তোমার দর্শনে সবার দ্রব হৈল মন ॥ ৪৪ ॥
prabhu kahe, — tumi mahā-bhāgavatottama
tomāra darśane sabāra drava haila mana
The Lord replied to Rāmānanda Rāya, “Sir, you are the best of the topmost devotees; therefore simply the sight of you has melted everyone’s heart.
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The Lord calls Rāmānanda Rāya the best of the topmost devotees and credits the sight of him with melting everyone’s heart.
An advanced devotee sees everyone as engaged in the Lord’s service. To preach, however, he must distinguish between devotees and nondevotees.
The preacher takes compassion upon innocent people who do not know how to worship the Lord. Such preaching requires a first-class devotee.
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The purport of CC Madhya 8.44 quotesSB 11.2.45
In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.2.45), the symptoms of a topmost devotee are described as follows:
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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
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When someone does not know how to worship the Lord, do you respond with compassion?
Today, listen patiently to someone who has a question about devotional service.
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