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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.152
শ্রোতার পদরেণু করোঁ মস্তক-ভূষণ ।
তোমরা এ-অমৃত পিলে সফল হৈল শ্রম ॥ ১৫২ ॥
śrotāra pada-reṇu karoṅ mastaka-bhūṣaṇa
tomarā e-amṛta pile saphala haila śrama
I decorate my head with the dust of the lotus feet of my audience. Now you have all drunk this nectar, and therefore my labor is successful.
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The author honors his audience by decorating his head with the dust of their lotus feet.
He describes their receiving this narration as drinking nectar.
Because the audience has drunk this nectar, he considers his labor successful.
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.
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In this verse: “lotus feet”
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How can the author’s gratitude help me value those who receive devotional teachings?
Today, thank someone with whom you have read or heard devotional teachings.
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