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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.251
পাছে প্রেমাবেশ দেখি’ হৈল চমৎকার ।
বৈষ্ণব-জ্ঞানে বহুত করিল সৎকার ॥ ২৫১ ॥
pāche premāveśa dekhi’ haila camatkāra
vaiṣṇava-jñāne bahuta karila satkāra
Later, after seeing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in ecstatic love, they were struck with wonder. Then, considering Him a Vaiṣṇava, they gave Him a nice reception.
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Later, they saw Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in ecstatic love.
They were struck with wonder and considered Him a Vaiṣṇava.
They then gave Him a nice reception.
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
He then went to the banks of the Kṛṣṇa-veṇvā River, where He collected from among the Vaiṣṇava brāhmaṇas a book written by Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura, Śrī Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta. The Lord then visited the Tāpī River, Māhiṣmatī-pura, the Narmadā River and Ṛṣyamūka-parvata.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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In this verse: “ecstatic love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How willing are you to revise your impression when you see something you had not recognized before?
Reconsider one first impression today and offer that person a warm greeting.
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