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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.44
সর্বত্র স্থাপয় প্রভু বৈষ্ণবসিদ্ধান্তে ।
প্রভুর সিদ্ধান্ত কেহ না পারে খণ্ডিতে ॥ ৪৪ ॥
sarvatra sthāpaya prabhu vaiṣṇava-siddhānte
prabhura siddhānta keha nā pāre khaṇḍite
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu established the devotional cult everywhere. No one could defeat Him.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu established the devotional path.
He established devotion everywhere, not merely in one place.
No one could defeat Him.
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:
Finally the Lord went to Śrī Raṅga-kṣetra, where He converted a brāhmaṇa named Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa, who, along with his family, took up devotional service to Kṛṣṇa. After leaving Śrī Raṅga, Caitanya Mahāprabhu reached Ṛṣabha-parvata, where He met Paramānanda Purī, who later arrived at Jagannātha Purī.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.
How does this account encourage your interest in the devotional path?
Take one quiet minute to reflect on Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s work of establishing devotion.
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