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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.134
পণ্ডিত কহে, — “সব দোষ আমার উপর ।
তোমা-সঙ্গে না যাইব, যাইব একেশ্বর ॥ ১৩৪ ॥
paṇḍita kahe, — “saba doṣa āmāra upara
tomā-saṅge nā yāiba, yāiba ekeśvara
The Paṇḍita replied, “Do not worry. All the faults will be on my head. I shall not accompany You but shall go alone.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Paṇḍita asks the Lord not to worry.
He says that all the faults will be on his own head.
He says he will go alone rather than accompany the Lord.
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:
Vidyānidhi also came to Jagannātha Purī and saw the festival of Oḍana-ṣaṣṭhī. When the devotees bade farewell to the Lord, the Lord was determined to go to Vṛndāvana, and on the day of Vijaya-daśamī, He departed.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I willing to take responsibility for my decisions rather than place blame on others?
Today, acknowledge one decision as your own without shifting responsibility to someone else.
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