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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.22
দণ্ডবৎ করি’ রাজা বাহিরে চলিলা ।
যোড় হস্ত করি’ সব ভক্তেরে বন্দিলা ॥ ২২ ॥
daṇḍavat kari’ rājā bāhire calilā
yoḍa hasta kari’ saba bhaktere vandilā
Submissively offering prayers to the devotees with folded hands and offering obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the King went outside.
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The King submissively offered prayers to the devotees.
He approached the devotees with folded hands.
He offered obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and then went outside.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
When there was an offering of prasādam in the garden, Lord Caitanya also partook of it. After this, when Lord Jagannātha’s ratha car stopped moving, King Pratāparudra called for many elephants to pull it, but they were unsuccessful.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: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I make my expressions of respect more humble and sincere?
Offer obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu today.
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