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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 13.96
“তুমি বড় লোক, পণ্ডিত, মহাভাগবতে ।
সেবা না করিহ, সুখে চল মোর সাথে ।।” ৯৬ ।। ॥ ৯৬ ॥
“tumi baḍa loka, paṇḍita, mahā-bhāgavate
sevā nā kariha, sukhe cala mora sāthe”
“You are a respectable gentleman, a learned scholar and a great devotee,” Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa said. “Please do not try to serve me. Just come with me in a happy mood.”
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Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa addressed Rāmadāsa as a respectable gentleman, a learned scholar and a great devotee.
He asked Rāmadāsa not to try to serve him.
Instead, he invited Rāmadāsa simply to accompany him in a happy mood.
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:
When Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī left Vārāṇasī on his way to Jagannātha Purī after completing his education, he met Rāmadāsa Viśvāsa Paṇḍita. Viśvāsa Paṇḍita was very proud of his education, and being an impersonalist, he was not well received by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.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.
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: “serve”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When might happy companionship be more welcome than further acts of service?
Spend a few cheerful minutes with someone today without asking them to do anything for you.
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