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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 15.8
এক দিন মাতার পদে করিয়া প্রণাম ।
প্রভু কহে,—মাতা, মোরে দেহ এক দান ॥ ৮ ॥
eka dina mātāra pade kariyā praṇāma
prabhu kahe, — mātā, more deha eka dāna
One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fell down at the feet of His mother and requested her to give Him one thing in charity.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
One day, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fell down at His mother’s feet.
He requested that she give Him one thing.
He asked for this gift in charity.
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 forbade His mother to take grains on the Ekādaśī day. 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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 15
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can you learn from the respectful manner in which the Lord approached His mother?
When making a request today, ask respectfully rather than demand.
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