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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.25
বিপ্র বলে, — এই তোমার দর্শন-প্রভাবে ।
তোমা দেখি’ গেল মোর আজন্ম স্বভাবে ॥ ২৫ ॥
vipra bale, — ei tomāra darśana-prabhāve
tomā dekhi’ gela mora ājanma svabhāve
The brāhmaṇa replied, “This is all due to Your influence, Sir. After seeing You, I have lost my lifelong practice.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The brāhmaṇa attributed the change entirely to the Lord’s influence.
He said the change had occurred after seeing the Lord.
He described his lifelong practice as lost after that meeting.
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
The mood of Madhya 9 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:
Finally the Lord went to Śrī Raṅga-kṣetra, where He converted a brāhmaṇa named Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa, who, along with his family, took up devotional service to Kṛṣṇa. After leaving Śrī Raṅga, Caitanya Mahāprabhu reached Ṛṣabha-parvata, where He met Paramānanda Purī, who later arrived at Jagannātha Purī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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What stands out to you about the brāhmaṇa’s acknowledgment of the Lord’s influence?
Reread the brāhmaṇa’s reply today and pause over his words, “This is all due to Your influence.”
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