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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.37
“তোমা-দুঁহার আজ্ঞা আমি কেমনে লঙ্ঘিমু ? দীক্ষা-মন্ত্র দেহ’ কৃষ্ণ-ভজন করিমু ।।” ৩৭ ॥ ৩৭ ॥
“tomā-duṅhāra ājñā āmi kemane laṅghimu?
dīkṣā-mantra deha’ kṛṣṇa-bhajana karimu”
“Vallabha replied, ‘My dear brothers, how can I disobey your orders? Initiate me into the Kṛṣṇa mantra so that I may perform devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa.’
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Vallabha addressed his brothers affectionately and asked how he could disobey their orders.
He requested initiation into the Kṛṣṇa mantra.
He stated his purpose clearly: he wanted to perform devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa.
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:
I want you to preach the cult of devotional service and go to Vṛndāvana to excavate the lost holy places.” After having thus spoken, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left, and Haridāsa Ṭhākura and Sanātana Gosvāmī had many talks about this subject.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.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How clearly do you connect devotional learning with the wish to serve Lord Kṛṣṇa?
Write a brief prayer expressing your wish to perform devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa.
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