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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.48
তাঁর প্রতিজ্ঞা — মোরে না করিবে দরশন ।
মোর প্রতিজ্ঞা — তাঁহা বিনা ছাড়িব জীবন ॥ ৪৮ ॥
tāṅra pratijñā — more nā karibe daraśana
mora pratijñā — tāṅhā vinā chāḍiba jīvana
Mahārāja Pratāparudra continued, “If Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is determined not to see me, then I am determined to give up my life if I do not see Him.
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Mahārāja Pratāparudra expressed his longing to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in the strongest terms, saying he would give up his life without that meeting.
The purport emphasizes his determination: a devotee with such determination will certainly advance victoriously in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s words in the Bhagavad-gītā are cited as confirmation of this teaching.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Madhya 11.48 quotesBG 9.14
Śrī Kṛṣṇa confirms this in the Bhagavad-gītā (9.14):
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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:
When Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya tried his best to arrange a meeting between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and King Pratāparudra, the Lord flatly denied his request. At this time Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya returned from his governmental post, and he praised King Pratāparudra highly in Lord Caitanya’s presence.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.
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “longing”
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