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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.53
নিত্য যাই’ দেখি মুঞি তাঁহার চরণে ।
স্ফূর্তি-জ্ঞানে তেঁহো তাহা সত্য নাহি মানে ॥ ৫৩ ॥
nitya yāi’ dekhi muñi tāṅhāra caraṇe
sphūrti-jñāne teṅho tāhā satya nāhi māne
“Indeed, I go there daily to see her lotus feet. She is able to feel My presence, although she does not believe it to be true.
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He says that He goes daily to see His mother’s lotus feet.
His mother is able to feel His presence.
Although she feels His presence, she does not believe it to be true.
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:
He also instructed the Vaiṣṇavas from Khaṇḍa, as well as Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and Vidyā-vācaspati, and He praised Murāri Gupta for his firm faith in the lotus feet of Lord Rāmacandra. Considering the humble prayer of Vāsudeva Datta, He established that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is qualified to deliver all the conditioned souls.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
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In this verse: “lotus feet”
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