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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.26
উপাসনা লাগি’ দেবের করেন আবাহন ।
পূজা লাগি’ কত কাল করেন নিরোধন ॥ ২৬ ॥
upāsanā lāgi’ devera karena āvāhana
pūjā lāgi’ kata kāla karena nirodhana
“Advaita Ācārya invites the Lord to come and be worshiped, and to perform the worship He keeps the Deity for some time.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Advaita Ācārya invites the Lord to come and be worshiped.
He keeps the Deity for some time in order to perform the worship.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu describes this worship in the context of Advaita Ācārya’s expertise in Vedic regulative principles.
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:
After one such visit, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita returned to Purī with a sonnet that Advaita Ācārya had written. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu read it, His ecstasy was so great that all the devotees feared that the Lord would very soon pass away.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 19
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does inviting the Lord to be worshiped suggest about giving Him my attention?
Set aside a brief, undistracted time today to offer worship to the Lord.
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