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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.84
শ্রীরূপ–রঘুনাথ–চরণের এই বল ।
যাঁর স্মৃতে সিদ্ধ হয় বাঞ্ছিতসকল ॥ ৮৪ ॥
śrī-rūpa-raghunātha-caraṇera ei bala
yāṅra smṛte siddha haya vāñchita-sakala
The lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī are my source of strength. Remembering their lotus feet can fulfill all one’s desires.
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The author finds his strength at the lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī.
He points to remembering their lotus feet as a source of fulfillment.
Remembering their lotus feet can fulfill all one’s desires.
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:
Only those subjects which were not discussed by Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura in his Caitanya-bhāgavata have been taken up by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī to be depicted in Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta. In his very old age, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī went to Vṛndāvana, and by the order of Śrī Madana-mohanajī he wrote Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 8
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In this verse: “lotus feet”
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How might I turn to remembrance of their lotus feet for strength?
Take a quiet moment today to remember the lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī.
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