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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.31
কিন্তু অনুরাগী লোকের স্বভাব এক হয় ।
ইষ্ট না পাইলে নিজ প্রাণ সে ছাড়য় ॥ ৩১ ॥
kintu anurāgī lokera svabhāva eka haya
iṣṭa nā pāile nija prāṇa se chāḍaya
“Still, isn’t it the nature of an attached man to give up his life if he does not attain his desired object?
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker draws attention to the nature of an attached person.
Not attaining the desired object can make life itself seem unbearable to that person.
The reference to giving up life conveys the extreme intensity of this attachment.
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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