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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.29
জগন্নাথে আবিষ্ট ইহার তনু-মন-প্রাণে ।
মোর স্কন্ধে পদ দিয়াছে, তাহা নাহি জানে ॥ ২৯ ॥
jagannāthe āviṣṭa ihāra tanu-mana-prāṇe
mora skandhe pada diyāche, tāho nāhi jāne
“She has fully absorbed her body, mind and life in Lord Jagannātha. Therefore she was unaware that she was putting her foot on My shoulder.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu described the woman as fully absorbed in Lord Jagannātha.
Her absorption embraced her body, mind and life, not merely her outward gaze.
He explained that this absorption made her unaware that she was placing her foot on His shoulder.
Intense yearning. Darśana, dreams, and visions of Vraja bring overwhelming separation.
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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
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In this verse: “embraced”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What usually occupies my mind when I try to give attention to the Lord?
Set aside one undistracted minute today to look at an image of Lord Jagannātha and attend to Him.
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