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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.135
আই’কে দেখিতে যাইব, না যাইব তোমা লাগি’ ।
‘প্রতিজ্ঞা’-‘সেবা’-ত্যাগ-দোষ, তার আমি ভাগী ॥” ১৩৫ ॥
āi’ke dekhite yāiba, nā yāiba tomā lāgi’
‘pratijñā’-‘sevā’-tyāga-doṣa, tāra āmi bhāgī”
“I shall go to see Śacīmātā, but I shall not go for Your sake. I shall be responsible for the abandoning of my vow and service to Gopīnātha.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Paṇḍita says he will go to see Śacīmātā.
He says he is not going for the Lord’s sake.
He accepts responsibility for abandoning his vow and service to Gopīnātha.
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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I honestly acknowledge when my plans would mean leaving a commitment or service?
Before making a plan today, check whether it would require you to neglect a service you have accepted.
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