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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.38
আমি কি করিব, মন ইহাঁ লঞা আইল ।
জগন্নাথ-দরশনে বিচার না কৈল ॥ ৩৮ ॥
āmi ki kariba, mana ihāṅ lañā āila
jagannātha-daraśane vicāra nā kaila
Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya continued, “What shall I do? My mind has brought me here. I could not consider going first to Lord Jagannātha’s temple.”
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Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya explained that his mind had brought him there.
He expressed his inability to act otherwise by asking, “What shall I do?”
He could not consider going first to Lord Jagannātha’s temple.
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.
When has my mind drawn me somewhere so strongly that I did not consider another destination?
Recall one choice you made today and name what drew your mind toward it.
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