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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.154
তৃণ দুইগুচ্ছ মুরারি দশনে ধরিয়া ।
মহাপ্রভু আগে গেলা দৈন্যাধীন হঞা ॥ ১৫৪ ॥
tṛṇa dui-guccha murāri daśane dhariyā
mahāprabhu āge gelā dainyādhīna hañā
Thus Murāri Gupta, catching two bunches of straw in his teeth, went before Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with humility and meekness.
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Murāri Gupta caught two bunches of straw in his teeth.
He went before Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
His approach was marked by humility and meekness.
Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.
The mood of Madhya 11 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:
While Advaita Ācārya and the other devotees were coming to Jagannātha Purī, Svarūpa Dāmodara and Govinda, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s two personal assistants, went to receive all the devotees with garlands. From the roof of his palace, King Pratāparudra could see all the devotees arriving.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
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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”, “meekness”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What would it mean for me to approach the Lord with humility and meekness?
Before offering a prayer today, pause and consciously adopt a humble attitude.
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