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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.29
যদ্যপি ঈশ্বর তুমি পরম স্বতন্ত্র ।
তথাপি স্বভাবে হও প্রেম-পরতন্ত্র ॥ ২৯ ॥
yadyapi īśvara tumi parama svatantra
tathāpi svabhāve hao prema-paratantra
“Although You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead and are completely independent, still You are dependent on the love and affection of Your devotees. That is Your nature.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Although He is completely independent, He is dependent on His devotees’ love and affection.
This responsiveness to His devotees’ love is His nature.
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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love”
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “dependent”
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How does the Lord’s willingness to depend on love deepen my understanding of Him?
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