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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 15.20
গৃহস্থ হইয়া করিব পিতা–মাতার সেবন ।
ইহাতেই তুষ্ট হবেন লক্ষ্মী–নারায়ণ ॥ ২০ ॥
gṛhastha ha-iyā kariba pitā-mātāra sevana
ihāte-i tuṣṭa habena lakṣmī-nārāyaṇa
“ ‘Later I shall become a householder and thus serve My parents, for this action will very much satisfy Lord Nārāyaṇa and His wife, the goddess of fortune.’
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The Lord said that later He would become a householder.
As a householder, He intended to serve His parents.
He said this service would greatly satisfy Lord Nārāyaṇa and His wife, the goddess of fortune.
Wonder touched by grief. Learning, family duty, the loss of Jagannātha Miśra, and marriage create mixed feeling.
The mood of Ādi 15 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:
He narrated a story that Viśvarūpa, after accepting the sannyāsa order, invited Him in a dream to accept sannyāsa also , but the Lord refused and was therefore sent back home. When Jagannātha Miśra passed away, the Lord married the daughter of Vallabhācārya, whose name was Lakṣmī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 15
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “serve”, “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this verse help you see service to parents in relation to pleasing Lord Nārāyaṇa?
If possible, offer one small service to a parent today, remembering the Lord’s stated purpose.
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