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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.151
চৈতন্যচরিতামৃত যেই জন শুনে ।
তাঁর চরণ ধুঞা করোঁ মুঞি পানে ॥ ১৫১ ॥
caitanya-caritāmṛta yei jana śune
tāṅra caraṇa dhuñā karoṅ muñi pāne
If one hears the pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as described in Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, I wash his lotus feet and drink the water.
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The verse speaks of hearing the pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as described in Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta.
The author says that he washes the lotus feet of anyone who hears these pastimes.
He says that he drinks that water, expressing profound humility and honor toward the listener.
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:
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.
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”
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “humility”
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What does the author's humility reveal about how highly he values hearing these pastimes?
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