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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.315
সশরীরে তাল গেল শ্রীবৈকুণ্ঠ-ধাম ।
ঐছে শক্তি কার হয়, বিনা এক রাম ॥ ৩১৫ ॥
saśarīre tāla gela śrī-vaikuṇṭha-dhāma
aiche śakti kāra haya, vinā eka rāma
“Only Lord Rāmacandra has the power to send seven palm trees to the spiritual Vaikuṇṭha planets.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The statement attributes this power to Lord Rāmacandra alone.
The power described is to send seven palm trees to the spiritual world.
Their destination is described as the spiritual Vaikuṇṭha planets.
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 entered Daṇḍakāraṇya and liberated seven palm trees. From there He visited a place known as Pampā-sarovara and visited Pañcavaṭī, Nāsika, Brahmagiri and also the source of the Godāvarī River, Kuśāvarta.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the word “Only” emphasize about Lord Rāmacandra’s power?
Read the statement aloud once, noticing both who has this power and where the trees were sent.
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