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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.57
হাহাকার করি’ কান্দে সব শিষ্যগণ ।
সবে আসি’ প্রভু-পদে লইল শরণ ॥ ৫৭ ॥
hāhākāra kari’ kānde saba śiṣya-gaṇa
sabe āsi’ prabhu-pade la-ila śaraṇa
When the teacher fell unconscious, his Buddhist disciples cried aloud and ran to the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for shelter.
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The Buddhist teacher had fallen unconscious.
His disciples cried aloud in distress.
They ran to the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for shelter.
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:
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then proceeded farther, arriving at Setubandha Rāmeśvara. At Śrī Śaila-parvata, the Lord met Lord Śiva and his wife Durgā in the dress of a brāhmaṇa and brāhmaṇī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “shelter”, “lotus feet”
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “fallen”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the disciples’ response teach me about turning to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in distress?
Take a quiet moment today to ask Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for shelter.
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