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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.156
মোরে না ছুঁইহ, প্রভু, মুঞি ত’ পামর ।
তোমার স্পর্শযোগ্য নহে পাপ কলেবর ॥ ১৫৬ ॥
more nā chuṅiha, prabhu, muñi ta’ pāmara
tomāra sparśa-yogya nahe pāpa kalevara
“My Lord, please do not touch me. I am most abominable and am not fit for You to touch because my body is sinful.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker asks the Lord not to touch him.
He considers himself most abominable and his body sinful.
His words express his feeling of being unfit for the Lord’s touch.
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:
The King discussed the devotees with Gopīnātha Ācārya, and he mentioned that the devotees were accepting prasādam without observing the regulative principles governing pilgrimages. They accepted prasādam without having shaved, and they neglected to fast in a holy place.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How honestly do I acknowledge my shortcomings before the Lord?
Take a quiet moment to acknowledge one shortcoming before the Lord.
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