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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 10.174
ভক্ত ঠাঞি হার’ তুমি, — এ তোমার স্বভাব ।
আর এক শুন তুমি আপন প্রভাব ॥ ১৭৪ ॥
bhakta ṭhāñi hāra’ tumi, — e tomāra svabhāva
āra eka śuna tumi āpana prabhāva
“It is Your natural characteristic to accept defeat at the hands of Your devotee. There is also another glory of Yours, which I ask You to hear attentively.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord accepts defeat at the hands of His devotee.
This willingness to accept defeat is described as His natural characteristic.
The speaker wishes to describe another glory of the Lord and asks Him to hear attentively.
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:
However, when Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya addressed Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as Kṛṣṇa, the Lord immediately protested. In the meantime, Kāśīśvara Gosvāmī also came to see Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 10
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the Lord’s willingness to accept defeat by His devotee help me appreciate about Him?
Read the translation once more, pausing to appreciate this natural characteristic of the Lord.
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