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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 13.98
সঙ্কোচ না কর তুমি, আমি — তোমার ‘দাস’ ।
তোমার সেবা করিলে হয় হৃদয়ে উল্লাস ।।” ৯৮ ।। ॥ ৯৮ ॥
saṅkoca nā kara tumi, āmi — tomāra ‘dāsa’
tomāra sevā karile haya hṛdaye ullāsa”
“Therefore please do not be hesitant. I am your servant, and when I serve you my heart becomes jubilant.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Rāmadāsa asks Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa not to hesitate to accept his service.
He plainly says, “I am your servant,” expressing his willingness to help.
For Rāmadāsa, serving brings a jubilant heart. He presents service as a joy, not a burden.
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:
Unaware of who was singing, He ran toward her through thorny bushes, but when Govinda informed the Lord that it was a woman singing, He immediately stopped. By this incident, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed everyone that sannyāsīs and Vaiṣṇavas should not hear women singing.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”, “servant”, “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When have I experienced genuine joy in serving someone?
Willingly help someone with a small task, and notice the joy that service can bring.
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