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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.113
মুকুন্দ দাসেরে পুছে শচীর নন্দন ।
‘তুমি — পিতা, পুত্র তোমার — শ্রীরঘুনন্দন ? ১১৩ ॥
mukunda dāsere puche śacīra nandana
‘tumi — pitā, putra tomāra — śrī-raghunandana?
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the son of mother Śacī, next asked Mukunda dāsa, “You are the father, and your son is Raghunandana. Is that so?
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is identified here as the son of mother Śacī.
He next addresses Mukunda dāsa directly.
He asks Mukunda dāsa to confirm whether he is the father and Raghunandana is his son.
Festive affection and reconciliation. Festivals, reciprocal hospitality, and the deliverance of Amogha show affectionate grace.
The mood of Madhya 15 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:
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sent Nityānanda Prabhu to Bengal for preaching and also sent Rāmadāsa, Gadādhara dāsa and several other devotees with Him. Then Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, with great humility, sent some Jagannātha prasādam and a cloth from Lord Jagannātha to His mother through Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
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What relationship is Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asking Mukunda dāsa to confirm?
Reread Mahāprabhu’s question and identify whom He addresses and whom He names as the son.
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