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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 13.15
সন্ন্যাসী মানুষ আমার ভূমিতে শয়ন ।
আমারে খাট-তূলি-বালিস মস্তক-মুণ্ডন !” ১৫ ।। ॥ ১৫ ॥
sannyāsī mānuṣa āmāra bhūmite śayana
āmāre khāṭa-tūli-bālisa mastaka-muṇḍana”
“I am in the renounced order, and therefore I must lie on the floor. For Me to use a bedstead, quilt or pillow would be very shameful.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stated that He was in the renounced order.
He therefore said that He must lie on the floor.
He considered using a bedstead, quilt or pillow very shameful for Himself in that position.
Concern and affectionate restraint. Devotees seek to care for the Lord while He maintains His renounced practice.
The mood of Antya 13 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:
Thinking Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was uncomfortable sleeping on bark of plantain trees, Jagadānanda made a pillow and quilt for Him. The Lord, however, did not accept them.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 13
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