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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 20.148
শিষ্যার শ্রম দেখি’ গুরু নাচান রাখিলা ।
‘কৃপা’ না নাচায়, ‘বাণী’ বসিয়া রহিলা ॥ ১৪৮ ॥
śiṣyāra śrama dekhi’ guru nācāna rākhilā
‘kṛpā’ nā nācāya, ‘vāṇī’ vasiyā rahilā
Seeing the fatigue of the disciples, the spiritual master has stopped making them dance, and because that mercy no longer makes them dance, my words now sit silently.
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Continuing the image of words as disciples, the author describes them as fatigued.
Seeing their fatigue, the spiritual master stops making them dance.
Because that mercy no longer makes them dance, the author's words now sit silently.
Unconditional devotion. Eight prayers move from cleansing the heart to love that endures even without reciprocation.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Altogether the Lord was present in this mortal world for forty-eight years. After hinting about the Lord’s disappearance, the author of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta gives a short description of the entire Antya-līlā and then ends his book.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.
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In this verse: “mercy”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this image of words resting suggest about the author's dependence on mercy?
After reading this verse, sit silently for a moment and reflect on the words coming to rest.
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