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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.189
প্রভু কহে, — তোমা স্পর্শি পবিত্র হইতে ।
তোমার পবিত্র ধর্ম নাহিক আমাতে ॥ ১৮৯ ॥
prabhu kahe, — tomā sparśi pavitra ha-ite
tomāra pavitra dharma nāhika āmāte
The Lord said, “I wish to touch you just to be purified, for your purified activities do not exist in Me.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord’s wish to touch Haridāsa Ṭhākura shows the reciprocation of feelings between master and servant. Each speaks of needing purification, although both are already pure.
Master and servant are equal in quality, but different in quantity: the master is unlimited and the servant is limited. The servant’s subordinate relationship is eternal and undisturbed.
When the servant wishes to become the master, he falls into māyā. This fall comes through misuse of free will.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
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. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu talked very happily with Vāsudeva Datta and other devotees.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.
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “relationship”
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”
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: “servant”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I use my free will to serve rather than seek to become the master?
Today, do one small act of service while consciously remembering your position as a servant.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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