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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.209
দৈন্যপত্রী লিখি’ মোরে পাঠালে বার বার ।
সেই পত্রীদ্বারা জানি তোমার ব্যবহার ॥ ২০৯ ॥
dainya-patrī likhi’ more pāṭhāle bāra bāra
sei patrī-dvārā jāni tomāra vyavahāra
“You have written several letters showing your humility. I can understand your behavior from those letters.
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The brothers have written several letters to the Lord.
Their letters show their humility.
The Lord says that He can understand their behavior from those letters.
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:
There is also a description of the many books written by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī. There is also a description of the meeting between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī in the village known as Rāmakeli.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: “humility”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do your written words reveal about your attitude?
Write a few humble lines addressed to the Lord, honestly expressing your present attitude.
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