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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.37
রায় কহে, চরণ — রথ, হৃদয় — সারথি ।
যাহাঁ লঞা যায়, তাহাঁ যায় জীব-রথী ॥ ৩৭ ॥
rāya kahe, caraṇa — ratha, hṛdaya — sārathi
yāhāṅ lañā yāya, tāhāṅ yāya jīva-rathī
Rāmānanda Rāya said, “The legs are like the chariot, and the heart is like the charioteer. Wherever the heart takes the living entity, the living entity is obliged to go.”
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Rāmānanda Rāya compared the legs to a chariot.
He compared the heart to the charioteer who directs that chariot.
Wherever the heart takes the living entity, the living entity is obliged to go.
The purport of CC Madhya 11.37 quotesBG 18.61
In the Bhagavad-gītā (18.61) Lord Kṛṣṇa explains:
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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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Where is my heart leading my steps today?
Before going somewhere today, pause and notice the desire directing your steps.
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