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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.75
প্রভুর চরণে যদি আজ্ঞা মাগিল ।
প্রভুকণ্ঠ হৈতে মালা খসিয়া পড়িল ॥ ৭৫ ॥
prabhura caraṇe yadi ājñā māgila
prabhu-kaṇṭha haite mālā khasiyā paḍila
When I prayed to the Lord for permission, a garland from His neck immediately slipped down.
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The author prayed to the Lord for permission.
A garland from the Lord’s neck slipped down.
This happened immediately when the author prayed.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do you pause to seek the Lord’s permission before beginning devotional work?
Before beginning one devotional task today, offer a short prayer seeking the Lord’s permission.
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