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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 10.16
তথাপি রাখিতে তাঁরে বহু যত্ন কৈলুঁ ।
ঈশ্বরের স্বতন্ত্র ইচ্ছা, রাখিতে নারিলুঁ ॥ ১৬ ॥
tathāpi rākhite tāṅre bahu yatna kailuṅ
īśvarera svatantra icchā, rākhite nāriluṅ
“Still, I endeavored very hard to keep Him here, but because He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and completely independent, I was not successful.”
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The speaker endeavored very hard to keep Him there.
Despite this effort, the speaker was not successful.
He could not be kept there because He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and completely independent.
Relief and affectionate reunion. Devotees gather as the Lord returns; separation is temporarily relieved.
The mood of Madhya 10 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:
When Mahārāja Pratāparudra requested the Bhaṭṭācārya to arrange an interview with the Lord, the Bhaṭṭācārya assured him that he would try to do so as soon as Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned from South India. When the Lord returned to Jagannātha Purī from His South Indian tour, He lived at the home of Kāśī Miśra.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 10
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Can I recognize sincere effort while also respecting the Supreme Personality of Godhead's independence?
Write one sentence distinguishing the speaker's earnest effort from his ability to determine the outcome.
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