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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 20.99
শ্রীমদনগোপাল মোরে লেখায় আজ্ঞা করি’ ।
কহিতে না যুয়ায়, তবু রহিতে না পারি ॥ ৯৯ ॥
śrī-madana-gopāla more lekhāya ājñā kari’
kahite nā yuyāya, tabu rahite nā pāri
Śrī Madana-mohana Deity of Vṛndāvana has given the order that is making me write. Although this should not be disclosed, I disclose it because I am unable to remain silent.
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Śrī Madana-mohana Deity of Vṛndāvana has given the author the order to write.
The author says that this order is making him write, rather than presenting the work as his independent achievement.
Although he feels this should not be disclosed, he reveals it because he cannot remain silent.
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:
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.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the Lord’s order change your understanding of the author's persistence?
Recall the wooden-doll comparison and write one sentence about how this verse explains it.
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