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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.100
না কহিলে হয় মোর কৃতঘ্নতা-দোষ ।
দম্ভ করি বলি’ শ্রোতা, না করিহ রোষ ॥ ১০০ ॥
nā kahile haya mora kṛta-ghnatā-doṣa
dambha kari bali’ śrotā, nā kariha roṣa
If I did not disclose this fact, I would be guilty of ingratitude to the Lord. Therefore, my dear readers, please do not consider me too proud and be angry at me.
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The author says that concealing the Lord’s order would make him guilty of ingratitude to the Lord.
He discloses it to acknowledge what the Lord has done, not to claim greatness for himself.
He warmly addresses his readers and asks them not to consider him too proud or become angry with him.
Unconditional devotion. Eight prayers move from cleansing the heart to love that endures even without reciprocation.
The mood of Antya 20 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:
For the twelve years Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lived at Jagannātha Purī, He relished the taste of reciting such transcendental verses. Altogether the Lord was present in this mortal world for forty-eight years.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 20
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you acknowledge help received without making yourself the center of attention?
Thank someone for a specific kindness today, keeping your words focused on their help.
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