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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.88
প্রভুর নামে মাতারে দণ্ডবৎ কৈলা ।
প্রভুর বিনতি-স্তুতি মাতারে কহিলা ॥ ৮৮ ॥
prabhura nāme mātāre daṇḍavat kailā
prabhura vinati-stuti mātāre kahilā
He offered obeisances to Śacīmātā in the name of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and informed her of all the Lord’s submissive prayers to her.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Jagadānanda Paṇḍita offered obeisances to Śacīmātā in the name of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
He informed her of all the Lord’s submissive prayers to her.
Through his words and obeisances, he conveyed the Lord’s humble regard for her.
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 year before, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita had been sent to Śacīmātā with prasādam and cloth. This year he returned to Purī with a big pot of floral-scented sandalwood oil to massage the Lord’s head.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 12
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”
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: “humble”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can you learn from the submissive spirit of the Lord’s prayers to Śacīmātā?
Speak one sincere expression of respect to your mother or an elder today.
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