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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.22
এক বাঞ্ছা হয়, — যদি কৃপা করি’ কর ।
পাদরজ দেহ’, পাদ মোর মাথে ধর ।।” ২২ ।। ॥ ২২ ॥
eka vāñchā haya, — yadi kṛpā kari’ kara
pāda-raja deha’, pāda mora māthe dhara”
“My dear sir, I have one desire. Please be merciful to me by kindly placing your feet upon my head so that the dust on your feet may touch it.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kālidāsa expressed one desire to Jhaḍu Ṭhākura.
He asked Jhaḍu Ṭhākura to place his feet upon his head so that their dust might touch it.
Kālidāsa presented this request as a plea for mercy.
Sweetness amidst longing. Jagannātha’s prasādam awakens intense awareness of Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness.
The mood of Antya 16 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 the Bengali devotees of the Lord returned to Jagannātha Purī, a gentleman named Kālidāsa, who was an uncle of Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, went with them to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Kālidāsa had tasted the remnants of food of all the Vaiṣṇavas in Bengal, even Jhaḍu Ṭhākura.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 16
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “merciful”, “mercy”
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What does Kālidāsa’s request reveal about his respect for Jhaḍu Ṭhākura?
Reread Kālidāsa’s request today and pause to reflect on the humility in his words.
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