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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.25
যে তাঁহার প্রেম-আর্তি দেখিলুঁ তোমাতে ।
তার এক প্রেম-লেশ নাহিক আমাতে ॥ ২৫ ॥
ye tāṅhāra prema-ārti dekhiluṅ tomāte
tāra eka prema-leśa nāhika āmāte
“My Lord, I don’t think that there is even a fraction of Mahārāja Pratāparudra’s loving ecstasy in me.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker recognizes Mahārāja Pratāparudra’s great loving ecstasy.
He does not think he possesses even a fraction of that loving ecstasy.
Addressing the Lord, he expresses appreciation for another’s love rather than praising his own.
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:
At this time Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya returned from his governmental post, and he praised King Pratāparudra highly in Lord Caitanya’s presence. Because of this, the Lord became a little soft.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.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I appreciate another person’s devotion without drawing attention to my own?
Today, acknowledge one quality of devotion you appreciate in another person.
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