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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.79
আবার তাতে বান্ধ’ — ঐছে কৃপা-বাক্য-ডোরে ।
তোমা ছাড়ি’ কেবা কাঁহা যাইবারে পারে ?” ৭৯ ।। ॥ ৭৯ ॥
ābāra tāte bāndha’ — aiche kṛpā-vākya-ḍore
tomā chāḍi’ kebā kāhāṅ yāibāre pāre?”
“Yet You bind Your devotees again with Your sweet words. Under these circumstances, who can go anywhere?”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Advaita Prabhu and Lord Nityānanda Prabhu say that the Lord binds His devotees again with His sweet words.
His words deepen the attachment that makes it difficult for them to leave.
Their question, “Who can go anywhere?” expresses how strongly His affection holds them.
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.
Which of the Lord’s words in this passage most helps you appreciate the devotees’ attachment?
Write down one phrase from the Lord’s offering that you find especially sweet, and reread it today.
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