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  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 16: The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana
Madhya 16.131Madhya 16.133

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.132

প্রভু কহে, — “ইঁহা কর গোপীনাথ সেবন” ।

পণ্ডিত কহে, — “কোটি-সেবা ত্বৎপাদ-দর্শন ॥” ১৩২ ॥

prabhu kahe, — “iṅhā kara gopīnātha sevana”

paṇḍita kahe, — “koṭi-sevā tvat-pāda-darśana”

Translation

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Gadādhara Paṇḍita to remain at Jagannātha Purī and engage in Gopīnātha’s service, Gadādhara Paṇḍita replied, “One renders service to Gopīnātha a million times simply by seeing Your lotus feet.”

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Seeing the Lord’s Lotus Feet

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Gadādhara Paṇḍita to remain at Jagannātha Purī.

  2. 2

    He asked Gadādhara Paṇḍita to engage in Gopīnātha’s service there.

  3. 3

    Gadādhara Paṇḍita replied that simply seeing the Lord’s lotus feet meant rendering service to Gopīnātha a million times.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 16: The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested Gadādhara Paṇḍita to return to Nīlācala, Jagannātha Purī, but he did not abide by this order. From Kaṭaka (Cuttack), Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again requested Gadādhara Paṇḍita to return to Nīlācala, and He bade farewell to Rāmānanda Rāya from Bhadraka.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhu kaheŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said
  2. iṅhāhere
  3. karajust do
  4. gopīnātha sevanaworship of Gopīnātha
  5. paṇḍita kahethe paṇḍita said
  6. koṭi-sevāmillions of times the service
  7. tvat-pāda-darśanaseeing Your lotus feet
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lotus feet”

  • 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: “service”

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “gopīnātha’s”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does Gadādhara Paṇḍita’s reply show about the value he placed on seeing the Lord?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute reflecting on Gadādhara Paṇḍita’s words about the Lord’s lotus feet.

Live this todaySeeing the Lord’s Lotus FeetThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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