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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.139
‘প্রতিজ্ঞা’, ‘সেবা’ ছাড়িবে, — এ তোমার ‘উদ্দেশ’ ।
সে সিদ্ধ হইল — ছাড়ি’ আইলা দূর দেশ ॥ ১৩৯ ॥
‘pratijñā’, ‘sevā’ chāḍibe, — e tomāra ‘uddeśa’
se siddha ha-ila — chāḍi’ āilā dūra deśa
“You have abandoned Gopīnātha’s service and broken your vow to live in Purī. All that is now complete because you have come so far.
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The Lord says that Gadādhara Paṇḍita has abandoned Gopīnātha’s service.
He also says that Gadādhara Paṇḍita has broken his vow to live in Purī.
The Lord states that these breaches are now complete because he has come so far.
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’s”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which commitment needs my attention before I move further away from fulfilling it?
Identify one commitment you have made and take one small step toward fulfilling it today.
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