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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.74
তাঁর ভয়ে নারেন প্রভু বাহিরে যাইতে ।
তাঁর ভয়ে নারেন ভিত্ত্যে মুখাব্জ ঘষিতে ॥ ৭৪ ॥
tāṅra bhaye nārena prabhu bāhire yāite
tāṅra bhaye nārena bhittye mukhābja ghaṣite
Out of fear of Śaṅkara, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu could neither leave His room nor rub His lotuslike face against the walls.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Out of fear of Śaṅkara, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu could not leave His room.
He also could not rub His lotuslike face against the walls.
Śaṅkara’s attentive presence thus kept the Lord from the injuries described in the surrounding account.
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:
The Lord’s condition was so serious that at night He would bruise and bloody His face by rubbing it against the walls. To stop this, Svarūpa Dāmodara asked Śaṅkara Paṇḍita to stay at night in the same room with the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 19
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can attentive presence be a form of loving service?
Offer a few minutes of undistracted company to someone who needs care.
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