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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 13.28
প্রভু-আজ্ঞা বিনা তাহাঁ যাইতে না পারি ।
এবে আজ্ঞা না দেন মোরে, ‘ক্রোধে যাহ’ বলি ॥ ২৮ ॥
prabhu-ājñā vinā tāhāṅ yāite nā pāri
ebe ājñā nā dena more, ‘krodhe yāha’ bali
“I cannot go there, however, without the Lord’s permission, which at present He denies me. He says, ‘You are going because you are angry at Me.’
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Jagadānanda says he cannot go to Vṛndāvana without the Lord’s permission.
He explains that the Lord is presently denying that permission.
He reports the Lord’s words: “You are going because you are angry at Me.”
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:
The Lord, however, did not accept them. Then Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī made another pillow and quilt from finely shredded plantain leaves, and after strongly objecting, the Lord accepted them.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 13
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Could anger be influencing a decision I want to make?
Before acting on one strong wish today, pause and check whether anger is influencing it.
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