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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.48
হেনকালে বৈদিক এক বৈষ্ণব ব্রাহ্মণ ।
দণ্ডবৎ করি’ কৈল প্ৰভুরে নিমন্ত্রণ ॥ ৪৮ ॥
hena-kāle vaidika eka vaiṣṇava brāhmaṇa
daṇḍavat kari’ kaila prabhure nimantraṇa
At this time a brāhmaṇa Vaiṣṇava following the Vedic principles came and offered obeisances. He fell flat before Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and invited Him for lunch.
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A brāhmaṇa Vaiṣṇava who follows the Vedic principles comes to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
He offers obeisances by falling flat before Him.
He invites Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for lunch.
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.
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: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can your respect find expression in a simple act of hospitality?
Offer respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu today.
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