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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.356
প্রভু কহে, — এত তীর্থ কৈলুঁ পর্যটন ।
তোমা-সম বৈষ্ণব না দেখিলুঁ একজন ॥ ৩৫৬ ॥
prabhu kahe, — eta tīrtha kailuṅ paryaṭana
tomā-sama vaiṣṇava nā dekhiluṅ eka-jana
The Lord told Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, “I have traveled to many holy places, but I could not find a Vaiṣṇava as good as you anywhere.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord told Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya that He had traveled to many holy places.
He said He had not found a Vaiṣṇava as good as Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya anywhere.
The Lord expressed His appreciation directly to Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.
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:
Thus the Lord visited almost all the holy places in South India. He finally returned to Jagannātha Purī by taking the same route, after visiting Vidyānagara again.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I express sincere appreciation for the Vaiṣṇavas I know?
Offer a Vaiṣṇava one sincere, specific word of appreciation today.
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