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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 15.21
তবে বিশ্বরূপ ইঁহা পাঠাইল মোরে ।
মাতাকে কহিও কোটি কোটি নমস্কারে ॥ ২১ ॥
tabe viśvarūpa ihāṅ pāṭhāila more
mātāke kahio koṭi koṭi namaskāre
“Then Viśvarūpa returned Me home and requested, ‘Offer thousands and thousands of obeisances unto My mother, Śacīdevī.’”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Viśvarūpa returned the Lord home.
He asked the Lord to offer obeisances to His mother, Śacīdevī.
His request for thousands and thousands of obeisances expressed great respect for her.
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Viśvarūpa’s request reveal about His regard for His mother?
Take a moment today to express sincere respect to your mother, if possible.
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