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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.10
এই অপরাধ তুমি না লইহ আমার ।
তোমার অধীন আমি — পুত্র সে তোমার ॥ ১০ ॥
ei aparādha tumi nā la-iha āmāra
tomāra adhīna āmi — putra se tomāra
“ ‘Mother, please do not take this as an offense, for I, your son, am completely dependent upon you.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asks His mother not to take His acceptance of sannyāsa as an offense.
He addresses her as her son and declares Himself completely dependent upon her.
His appeal shows that accepting sannyāsa has not erased His tender regard for His mother.
Longing beyond ordinary categories. Extreme separation alternates with moments of visionary encounter.
The mood of Antya 19 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:
Every year, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Jagadānanda Paṇḍita to visit His mother in Navadvīpa with gifts of cloth and prasādam. After one such visit, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita returned to Purī with a sonnet that Advaita Ācārya had written.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 19
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “dependent”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I acknowledge my dependence on someone with humility and affection?
Thank your mother or someone who has cared for you for one specific way they have supported you.
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