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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.14
সবে কহে, — প্রভু তাঁরে কভু না মিলিবে ।
আমি-সব কহি যদি, দুঃখ সে মানিবে ॥ ১৪ ॥
sabe kahe, — prabhu tāṅre kabhu nā milibe
āmi-saba kahi yadi, duḥkha se mānibe
The devotees gave their opinion and said, “The Lord will never meet the King, and if we requested Him to do so, the Lord would surely feel very unhappy.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The devotees expressed their opinion about the proposed meeting.
They said that the Lord would never meet the King.
They felt sure that requesting such a meeting would make the Lord very unhappy.
Purification through joyful service. Collective cleansing becomes a visible devotional act before Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 12 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:
Śrīla Nityānanda Prabhu and the other devotees informed the Lord about the King’s desire, but Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would not agree to see him. At that time Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu devised a plan, and He sent a piece of the Lord’s outward garment to the King.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 12
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I consider the Lord’s happiness when thinking about what to ask of Him?
Before making a prayer today, pause to consider whether you are thinking of the Lord’s pleasure.
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