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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.40
‘রঘুনাথের পাদপদ্মে বেচিয়াছোঁ মাথা ।
কাড়িতে না পারোঁ মাথা, পাঙ বড় ব্যথা ॥ ৪০ ॥
‘raghunāthera pāda-padme veciyāchoṅ māthā
kāḍite nā pāroṅ māthā, pāṅa baḍa vyathā
“ ‘I have sold my head at the lotus feet of Lord Rāmacandra. I cannot take it away. That would be too painful for me.
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Vallabha said that he had sold his head at the lotus feet of Lord Rāmacandra. This expressed his wholehearted dedication.
He said he could not take his head away from those lotus feet.
Withdrawing that dedication would be too painful for him. His plea revealed the depth of his attachment to Lord Rāmacandra.
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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What does Vallabha’s plea help you understand about wholehearted dedication to the Lord?
Read Vallabha’s plea aloud once, then pause to reflect on his firm dedication to Lord Rāmacandra.
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