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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.28
তার আর্তি দেখি’ প্রভু কহিতে লাগিলা ।
“এত আর্তি জগন্নাথ মোরে নাহি দিলা ! ২৮ ।। ॥ ২৮ ॥
tāra ārti dekhi’ prabhu kahite lāgilā
“eta ārti jagannātha more nāhi dilā!
Seeing the woman’s eagerness, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “Lord Jagannātha has not bestowed so much eagerness upon Me.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The woman was so eager to see Lord Jagannātha that she forgot the offense of climbing Garuḍa’s column. She also did not consider that her foot on Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s shoulder offended the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
The purport calls both actions grievous offenses that displease the Supreme Lord and Vaiṣṇavas. She committed them obliviously in her eagerness.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu praised her eagerness. He regretted that Lord Jagannātha had not bestowed such great eagerness upon Him.
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:
When He was standing near the Garuḍa-stambha and praying to Lord Jagannātha, a woman from Orissa put her foot on the Lord’s shoulder in her great eagerness to see Lord Jagannātha. Govinda chastised her for this, but Caitanya Mahāprabhu praised her eagerness.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 14
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I value eagerness to see the Lord while remaining careful not to offend?
Offer a brief prayer to Lord Jagannātha for eagerness to see Him and care in showing respect.
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