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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.73
অপত্য–বিরহে মিশ্রের দুঃখী হৈল মন ।
পুত্র লাগি’ আরাধিল বিষ্ণুর চরণ ॥ ৭৩ ॥
apatya-virahe miśrera duḥkhī haila mana
putra lāgi’ ārādhila viṣṇura caraṇa
Jagannātha Miśra was very unhappy at the death of his children one after another. Therefore, desiring a son, he worshiped the lotus feet of Lord Viṣṇu.
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Jagannātha Miśra was very unhappy because his children had died one after another.
He desired a son.
With this desire, he worshiped the lotus feet of Lord Viṣṇu.
Jubilation and hope. The Lord appears in Navadvīpa; the theological promise becomes a lived story.
The mood of Ādi 13 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:
Śrī Śacīdevī gave birth to eight children, all daughters, who died one after another immediately after birth. After her ninth pregnancy she gave birth to a son, who was named Viśvarūpa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 13
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “lotus feet”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might I turn toward worship when carrying sorrow or a heartfelt desire?
Offer a brief prayer to Lord Viṣṇu today, honestly expressing a sorrow or hope.
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