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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.30
অহো ভাগ্যবতী এই, বন্দি ইহার পায় ।
ইহার প্রসাদে ঐছে আর্তি আমার বা হয়” ! ৩০ ।। ॥ ৩০ ॥
aho bhāgyavatī ei, vandi ihāra pāya
ihāra prasāde aiche ārti āmāra vā haya”
“Alas! How fortunate this woman is! I pray at her feet that she favor Me with her great eagerness to see Lord Jagannātha.”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu called the woman fortunate because of her great eagerness to see Lord Jagannātha.
He said that He prayed at her feet, expressing deep appreciation for that eagerness.
His prayer was that she favor Him with the same great eagerness to see Lord Jagannātha.
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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: “favor”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I regard eagerness to see the Lord as a precious kind of good fortune?
Offer one simple prayer today asking for greater eagerness to see Lord Jagannātha.
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