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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.25
দেখিয়া গোবিন্দ আস্তে-ব্যস্তে স্ত্রীকে বর্জিলা ।
তারে নামাইতে প্রভু গোবিন্দে নিষেধিলা ॥ ২৫ ॥
dekhiyā govinda āste-vyaste strīke varjilā
tāre nāmāite prabhu govinde niṣedhilā
When he saw this, Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s personal servant, Govinda, hastily got her down from her position. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, however, chastised him for this.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Garuḍa is Lord Viṣṇu’s carrier and the supreme Vaiṣṇava. Touching his body with one’s feet or climbing his column is vaiṣṇava-aparādha, an offense to a Vaiṣṇava.
By placing her foot on Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s shoulder, the woman was also offending Kṛṣṇa Himself.
Seeing these offenses, Govinda hastily brought her down. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, however, chastised him for doing so.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Intense yearning. Darśana, dreams, and visions of Vraja bring overwhelming separation.
The mood of Antya 14 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:
Govinda chastised her for this, but Caitanya Mahāprabhu praised her eagerness. When Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to the temple of Lord Jagannātha, He was absorbed in ecstatic love and saw only Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 14
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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: “servant”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How carefully do I show respect to the Lord and His devotees?
Today, pause before approaching a sacred place or object and consider how to show proper respect.
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