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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.308
সৌন্দর্য-মাধুর্য-কৃষ্ণলীলার অবধি ।
সেই জানে, যে ‘কর্ণামৃত’ পড়ে নিরবধি ॥ ৩০৮ ॥
saundarya-mādhurya-kṛṣṇa-līlāra avadhi
sei jāne, ye ‘karṇāmṛta’ paḍe niravadhi
One who constantly reads the Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta can fully understand the beauty and melodious taste of the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
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The verse encourages constant reading of Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta.
Through such reading, one can fully understand the beauty of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes.
One can also fully understand the melodious taste of His pastimes.
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 small reading habit could help you return consistently to Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta?
Choose a regular reading time and, if the book is available, begin today with a short passage from Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta.
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