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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.101
তোমা-সবার চরণ-ধূলি করিনু বন্দন ।
তাতে চৈতন্য-লীলা হৈল যে কিছু লিখন ॥ ১০১ ॥
tomā-sabāra caraṇa-dhūli karinu vandana
tāte caitanya-līlā haila ye kichu likhana
It is because I have offered my prayers unto the lotus feet of all of you that whatever I have written about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has been possible.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The author has offered prayers at the lotus feet of all those he addresses.
He credits these prayers with making his writing possible.
His account of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is offered with gratitude rather than a claim of independent achievement.
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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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: “lotus feet”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Whose help can I gratefully acknowledge in my devotional study?
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