bhaktah śrīvāsa-nāmā dvija-kula-kamala-prollasac-citra-bhānuh prāhedań śri-murārim tvam iha vada hareh śri-caritram navīnam / tasyajñām akalayya prakata-kara-putais tam namaskrtya bhūyah tas śrimac-caitanya-mūrteh kali-kalusa-harāṁ kirtim āha svayam sah ||

The devotee named Śrīvāsa, the amazing sun shining in on the lotus of the brāhmaṇa families, said to Murāri, “Describe the fresh pastimes of the Lord.” Hearing his order, offering respects to him repeatedly with folded hands, Murāri speaks the glories of Caitanya which destroy the contamination of Kali-yuga.

-Murári Gupta Kadacā Chapter 1 verse 9

kathayasva kathāṁ divyām adbhutām loka-pávanim |

yäṁ śrutvā mucyate lokah samsārād-ghora-kilbisāt II

“Please narrate this astonishing attractive story which purifies the world. By hearing it, people are freed from the terrible faults of samsāra.

-Murāri Gupta Kadacā Chapter 2 verse 16

kalau tu kirtanam śreyo dharmah sarvopakārakah |

sarva-śakti-mayaḥ sākṣāt paramānanda-dāyakah ||

In Kali-yuga, kirtana is the best dharma, helping all people. It is endowed with all śaktis and directly bestows the highest bliss.

-Murāri Gupta Kadacā Chapter 4 verse 25

Murāri Gupta, the twenty-first branch of the tree of Srī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, was a storehouse of love of Godhead. His great humility and meekness melted the heart of Lord Caitanya. He belonged to a vaidya physician family of Śrīhatta, the paternal home of Lord Caitanya, and later became a resident of Navadvīpa. He was among the elders of Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He was a great devotee of Lord Rāmacandra. Śrīla Murāri Gupta never accepted charity from friends, nor did he accept money from anyone. He practiced as a physician and maintained his family with his earnings. Murāri Gupta was an ideal grhastha, for he was a great devotee of Lord Rāmacandra and Caitanya Mahāprabhu. By practicing as a physician he maintained his family and at the same time satisfied Lord Caitanya to the best of his ability. As Murāri Gupta treated his patients, by his mercy both their bodily and spiritual diseases subsided.

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