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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.177
মিশ্র কহে, — সব তোমার, চাহ কি কারণে ?
আপন-ইচ্ছায় লহ, যেই তোমার মনে ॥ ১৭৭ ॥
miśra kahe, — saba tomāra, cāha ki kāraṇe?
āpana-icchāya laha, yei tomāra mane
Kāśī Miśra then told Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu: “Everything belongs to You. What is the use of Your begging? By Your own will You can take whatever You like.
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Kāśī Miśra told Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu that everything belonged to Him.
He therefore asked what need there was for the Lord to beg.
He told the Lord that He could take whatever He liked by His own will.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu talked very happily with Vāsudeva Datta and other devotees. Haridāsa Ṭhākura also came, and due to his humble and submissive attitude, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave him a nice solitary place near the temple.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does Kāśī Miśra’s willingness to offer everything challenge my sense of ownership?
Reflect on one possession today while remembering Kāśī Miśra’s words, “Everything belongs to You.”
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