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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.79
সেই লিখি, মদনগোপাল যে লিখায় ।
কাষ্ঠের পুত্তলী যেন কুহকে নাচায় ॥৭৯ ॥
sei likhi, madana-gopāla ye likhāya
kāṣṭhera puttalī yena kuhake nācāya
As a wooden doll is made to dance by a magician, I write as Madana-gopāla orders me to do so.
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The author writes as Madana-gopāla orders him, like a wooden doll made to dance by a magician.
A pure devotee does not act independently but is surrendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord gives dictation as the caittya-guru, the spiritual master within.
The Lord is pleased to guide a devotee both within and without. He guides from within as the Supersoul and from without as the spiritual master.
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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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “pure devotee”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Where in your service do you need to seek guidance rather than rely only on yourself?
Pause before a devotional task today and pray to serve under the Lord’s guidance rather than independently.
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