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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.72
মোরে আজ্ঞা করিলা সবে করুণা করিয়া ।
তাঁ–সবার বোলে লিখি নির্লজ্জ হইয়া ॥ ৭২ ।
more ājñā karilā sabe karuṇā kariyā
tāṅ-sabāra bole likhi nirlajja ha-iyā
By their mercy, all these devotees ordered me to write of the last pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Because of their order only, although I am shameless, I have attempted to write this Caitanya-caritāmṛta.
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By their mercy, the devotees ordered Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī to write Lord Caitanya’s last pastimes. He attempted Caitanya-caritāmṛta only because of their order.
Writing transcendental literature requires empowerment from higher authorities or advanced devotees. Such literature must be free from mistakes, illusions, cheating and imperfect sense perceptions.
The words of Kṛṣṇa and the disciplic succession carrying His orders are authoritative. Although empowered to write, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī humbly felt ashamed that he was to narrate the Lord’s pastimes.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Vulnerability and obedience. Kavirāja writes by mercy and command rather than personal self-assertion.
The mood of Ādi 8 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:
In his very old age, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī went to Vṛndāvana, and by the order of Śrī Madana-mohanajī he wrote Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta. Thus we are now able to relish its transcendental bliss.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 8
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How does the author’s humility shape your approach to studying his work?
Before reading today, pause to acknowledge the devotees’ mercy behind Caitanya-caritāmṛta.
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