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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.208
এই কর্ম করে কাহাঁ বিদগ্ধ-শিরোমণি ?
লক্ষ্মীর অগ্রেতে নিজ প্রভুরে দেহ’ আনি’ ॥” ২০৮ ॥
ei karma kare kāhāṅ vidagdha-śiromaṇi?
lakṣmīra agrete nija prabhure deha’ āni’ ”
“ ‘Your master is so expert at everything, but why does He do such things? Now bring your master before the goddess of fortune.’
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The speakers acknowledge that the servants’ master is expert at everything.
Yet they question why He acts in this way.
They demand that the servants bring their master before the goddess of fortune.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
The mood of Madhya 14 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:
For nine continuous days during Ratha-yātrā, the Lord remained at Sundarācala, and on the fifth day He and Svarūpa Dāmodara observed the pastimes of Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune. During that time, there was much talk about the pastimes of the gopīs.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “servants’”
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What do you notice about the contrast between their praise and their questioning?
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