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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.83
মূর্খ, নীচ, ক্ষুদ্র মুঞি বিষয়–লালস ।
বৈষ্ণবাজ্ঞা–বলে করি এতেক সাহস ॥ ৮৩ ॥
mūrkha, nīca, kṣudra muñi viṣaya-lālasa
vaiṣṇavājñā-bale kari eteka sāhasa
I am foolish, lowborn and insignificant, and I always desire material enjoyment; yet by the order of the Vaiṣṇavas I am greatly enthusiastic to write this transcendental literature.
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The author describes himself as foolish, lowborn and insignificant.
He acknowledges that he always desires material enjoyment.
Yet the order of the Vaiṣṇavas gives him great enthusiasm to write this transcendental literature.
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.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “insignificant”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the author’s enthusiasm teach me about responding to devotional guidance despite my shortcomings?
Reread the verse today, noticing how the author acknowledges his shortcomings yet remains enthusiastic to follow the Vaiṣṇavas’ order.
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