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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.43
তথাপি না করে তেঁহ রাজ-দরশন ।
ক্ষেত্র ছাড়ি’ যাবেন পুনঃ যদি করি নিবেদন ॥ ৪৩ ॥
tathāpi nā kare teṅha rāja-daraśana
kṣetra chāḍi’ yābena punaḥ yadi kari nivedana
“Yet despite my great endeavor, the Lord would not agree to see a king. Indeed, He said that if He were asked again, He would quit Jagannātha Purī and go elsewhere.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Despite great endeavor on the King’s behalf, the Lord would not agree to see a king.
The Lord said that He should not be asked again.
He declared that another request would cause Him to leave Jagannātha Purī and go elsewhere.
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:
Later, when the devotees from Bengal came to see Him, He returned to Jagannātha Purī. While Advaita Ācārya and the other devotees were coming to Jagannātha Purī, Svarūpa Dāmodara and Govinda, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s two personal assistants, went to receive all the devotees with garlands.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 do you respond when sincere effort does not bring the answer you hoped for?
Pause before repeating a request that someone has firmly declined.
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