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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.38
এত কহি’ রাত্রিকালে করেন চিন্তন ।
কেমনে ছাড়িমু রঘুনাথের চরণ ॥ ৩৮ ॥
eta kahi’ rātri-kāle karena cintana
kemane chāḍimu raghunāthera caraṇa
“After saying this, at night he began to think, ‘How shall I give up the lotus feet of Lord Raghunātha?’
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After requesting initiation into the Kṛṣṇa mantra, Vallabha began to reflect at night.
He wondered how he could give up the lotus feet of Lord Raghunātha.
His reflection revealed a difficulty beneath his earlier agreement. His attachment to Lord Raghunātha remained strong.
Despair met with care. Sanātana’s wish to die is interrupted by the Lord’s protective insistence on his future service.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The Lord informed Sanātana Gosvāmī about the death of his younger brother Anupama, who had great faith in the lotus feet of Lord Rāmacandra. One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said to Sanātana Gosvāmī, “Your decision to commit suicide is the result of the mode of ignorance.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
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In this verse: “lotus feet”
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