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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.113
দুই মহাপাত্র, — ‘হরিচন্দন’, ‘মর্দরাজ’ ।
তাঁরে আজ্ঞা দিল রাজা — ‘করিহ সর্ব কায ॥ ১১৩ ॥
dui mahā-pātra, — ‘haricandana’, ‘mardarāja’
tāṅre ājñā dila rājā — ‘kariha sarva kāya
The King ordered two respectable officers named Haricandana and Mardarāja to do whatever was necessary to carry out these orders.
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The King entrusted his orders to two respectable officers.
Their names were Haricandana and Mardarāja.
They were instructed to do whatever was necessary to carry out the orders.
Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 16 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 He crossed the river Citrotpalā, Rāmānanda Rāya, Mardarāja and Haricandana went with Him. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested Gadādhara Paṇḍita to return to Nīlācala, Jagannātha Purī, but he did not abide by this order.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “haricandana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When you are entrusted with a task, do you consider what is needed to complete it?
Choose one responsibility entrusted to you and take one concrete step toward completing it.
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