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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.167
জগন্নাথ-সেবকের মোর স্পর্শ নাহি হয় ।
তাহাঁ পড়ি’ রহোঁ, — মোর এই বাঞ্ছা হয় ॥ ১৬৭ ॥
jagannātha-sevakera mora sparśa nāhi haya
tāhāṅ paḍi’ rahoṅ, — mora ei vāñchā haya
“I do not wish the servants of Lord Jagannātha to touch me. I would remain there in the garden alone. That is my desire.”
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Haridāsa Ṭhākura did not wish the servants of Lord Jagannātha to touch him.
He wished to remain alone in the garden.
He plainly expressed this as his desire.
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:
They accepted prasādam without having shaved, and they neglected to fast in a holy place. After Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya had explained to the King why the devotees had apparently violated the scriptural injunctions for visiting a place of pilgrimage, the King arranged residential quarters for all the devotees and saw to their prasādam.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.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “servants”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “haridāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I express a wish for solitude plainly and gently?
Take a brief, quiet pause alone today, in a garden if possible.
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