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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.157
প্রভু কহে, — মুরারি, কর দৈন্য সম্বরণ ।
তোমার দৈন্য দেখি’ মোর বিদীর্ণ হয় মন ॥ ১৫৭ ॥
prabhu kahe, — murāri, kara dainya saṁvaraṇa
tomāra dainya dekhi’ mora vidīrṇa haya mana
The Lord said, “My dear Murāri, please restrain your unnecessary humility. My mind is disturbed to see your meekness.”
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The Lord addresses Murāri affectionately as “My dear Murāri.”
He asks Murāri to restrain his unnecessary humility.
The Lord says that seeing Murāri’s meekness disturbs His mind.
Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.
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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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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 does the Lord’s response teach me about unnecessary self-belittlement?
When you notice a self-belittling thought today, pause and recall the Lord’s affectionate words to Murāri.
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