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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.71
মোর লাগি’ স্ত্রী-পুত্র-গৃহাদি ছাড়িয়া ।
নানা দুর্গম পথ লঙ্ঘি’ আইসেন ধাঞা ॥ ৭১ ॥
mora lāgi’ strī-putra -gṛhādi chāḍiyā
nānā durgama patha laṅghi’ āisena dhāñā
“All My devotees come here just for Me. Leaving aside their homes and families, they travel by very difficult paths to come here in great haste.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that all His devotees came just for Him.
They left aside their homes and families to make the journey.
They traveled by very difficult paths in great haste to reach Him.
Loving anger and reconciliation. Jagadānanda’s hurt over rejected oil is healed through personal service and prasāda.
The mood of Antya 12 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:
The devotees often invited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to eat with them. When the Lord bade them all farewell, He talked very pleasingly with them.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 12
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the devotees' willingness to travel reveal about their desire to see the Lord?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the effort these devotees made to reach Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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