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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.72
আমি কাহো নাহি চিনি, চিনিতে মন হয় ।
গোপীনাথাচার্য সবারে করা’বে পরিচয় ॥ ৭২ ॥
āmi kāho nāhi cini, cinite mana haya
gopīnāthācārya sabāre karā’be paricaya
“Actually I do not know any of them, although I have a desire to know them. Since Gopīnātha Ācārya knows them all, he will give you their names.”
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Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya openly said that he did not know any of the devotees.
Although he did not know them, he desired to know them.
He explained that Gopīnātha Ācārya knew them all and would give the King their names.
Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Gopīnātha Ācārya stood on the roof with the King, and, following Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya’s instructions, identified each and every devotee. The King discussed the devotees with Gopīnātha Ācārya, and he mentioned that the devotees were accepting prasādam without observing the regulative principles governing pilgrimages.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
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Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “gopīnātha”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I openly acknowledge what I do not know while remaining eager to learn?
If you do not know a devotee’s name, acknowledge this and ask someone who knows.
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