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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.188
অবসর জানি’ আমি করিব নিবেদন ।
সেইকালে যাই’ করিহ প্রভুর মিলন ॥ ১৮৮ ॥
avasara jāni’ āmi kariba nivedana
sei-kāle yāi’ kariha prabhura milana
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya continued, “I shall submit your petition when there is an opportune moment. It will then be easy for you to come and meet the Lord.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya promised to submit the King’s petition.
He would do so when an opportune moment came.
He assured the King that it would then be easy to come and meet the Lord.
Public ecstasy with inward longing. The festival’s collective joy carries the profound Vraja mood of meeting and separation.
The mood of Madhya 13 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 the cars reached the place known as Balagaṇḍi, the devotees offered the deities simple food. At this time, in a nearby garden, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees took a brief rest from the dancing.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I wait patiently for a suitable moment to make a request?
For one request you need to make today, choose a suitable moment rather than rushing.
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