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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.185
আপনারে হয় মোর অমান্য-সমান ।
তোমা-সবারে করোঁ মুঞি বালক-অভিমান ॥ ১৮৫ ॥
āpanāre haya mora amānya-samāna
tomā-sabāre karoṅ muñi bālaka-abhimāna
“I always think of Myself as deserving no respect, but because of affection I always consider you to be like My little children.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord says that He always considers Himself deserving of no respect.
At the same time, His affection leads Him to regard Haridāsa and Sanātana as His little children.
His parental care is expressed alongside humility, not a demand for honor.
Despair met with care. Sanātana’s wish to die is interrupted by the Lord’s protective insistence on his future service.
The mood of Antya 4 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:
Because the Lord was a sannyāsī, He did not consider one body better than another. The Lord also informed him that He was maintaining Sanātana and the other devotees just like a father.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “parental”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “haridāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I care for someone without expecting respect in return?
Do one small act of care today without asking for thanks or recognition.
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