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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.182
‘হিন্দু’ হৈলে পাইতাম তোমার চরণ-সন্নিধান ।
ব্যর্থ মোর এই দেহ, যাউক পরাণ ॥” ১৮২ ॥
‘hindu’ haile pāitāma tomāra caraṇa-sannidhāna
vyartha mora ei deha, yāuka parāṇa”
“If I had taken birth in a Hindu family, it would have been easy for me to remain near Your lotus feet. Since my body is now useless, let me die immediately.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The governor believed that birth in a Hindu family would have made it easier to remain near Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s lotus feet.
His words reveal his longing to stay near the Lord.
In his distress, he called his body useless and expressed a wish to die immediately. The verse records his lament, not an instruction for the reader to harm the body.
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lament”, “longing”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I express a desire to be near Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in a constructive way today?
Offer a brief prayer expressing your wish to remain near Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s lotus feet.
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