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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.244
চরণের ধূলি সেই লয় বার বার ।
দেখিয়া প্রভুর দুঃখ হইল অপার ॥ ২৪৪ ॥
caraṇera dhūli sei laya vāra vāra
dekhiyā prabhura duḥkha ha-ila apāra
As she took the dust of His lotus feet again and again, the Lord became unlimitedly unhappy.
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The woman repeatedly took the dust of the Lord’s lotus feet, and He became unlimitedly unhappy.
Taking the dust of a great personality’s lotus feet is certainly very good for the person who takes it.
The Lord’s unhappiness indicates that a Vaiṣṇava should not allow anyone to take dust from his feet.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.
The mood of Ādi 17 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:
All the Lord’s other associates, situated in their original love, engage in the service of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The same Absolute Truth who enjoys as Kṛṣṇa, Śyāmasundara, who plays His flute and dances with the gopīs, sometimes takes birth in a brāhmaṇa family and plays the part of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, accepting the renounced order of life.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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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 does this teaching distinguish the benefit to the receiver from the responsibility of the Vaiṣṇava?
Write down the distinction between taking foot dust and allowing others to take it.
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