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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.305
ব্রাহ্মণ-সমাজ সব — বৈষ্ণব-চরিত ।
বৈষ্ণব সকল পড়ে ‘কৃষ্ণকর্ণামৃত’ ॥ ৩০৫ ॥
brāhmaṇa-samāja saba — vaiṣṇava-carita
vaiṣṇava sakala paḍe ‘kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta’
The brāhmaṇa community there was composed of pure devotees. They regularly studied a book entitled Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta, which was composed by Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The brāhmaṇa community there consisted of pure devotees who regularly studied Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta.
Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura composed this book in 112 verses. Two or three other books bear the same name.
Two commentaries on Bilvamaṅgala’s book were written, one by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī and the other by Caitanya dāsa Gosvāmī.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can you learn from the pure devotees’ habit of regular study?
Set aside a few minutes today to study Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta if you have access to it.
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