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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.196
জগাই-মাধাই হৈতে কোটী কোটী গুণ ।
অধম পতিত পাপী আমি দুই জন ॥ ১৯৬ ॥
jagāi-mādhāi haite koṭī koṭī guṇa
adhama patita pāpī āmi dui jana
“We two are millions and millions of times inferior to Jagāi and Mādhāi. We are more degraded, fallen and sinful than they.
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The two speakers describe themselves as millions and millions of times inferior to Jagāi and Mādhāi.
They call themselves more degraded, fallen and sinful.
Their words acknowledge their own faults rather than claim a higher position.
Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 1 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 he wrote that verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was specifically blessed by the Lord. There is also a description of the many books written by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
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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: “fallen”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I acknowledge my own faults without trying to appear better than others?
Privately acknowledge one fault today without comparing yourself favorably with anyone else.
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