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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.183
এত শুনি’ মহাপাত্র আবিষ্ট হঞা ।
প্ৰভুকে করেন স্তুতি চরণে ধরিয়া ॥ ১৮৩ ॥
eta śuni’ mahā-pātra āviṣṭa hañā
prabhuke karena stuti caraṇe dhariyā
Upon hearing the governor’s submissive statement, the mahā-pātra was overwhelmed with joy. He clasped the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and began to offer the following prayers.
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The governor spoke submissively, and hearing his statement filled the mahā-pātra with joy.
The mahā-pātra clasped the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
His joy found expression in prayers to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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:
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.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.
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In this verse: “lotus feet”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might another person’s submissive words awaken devotional joy in you?
Offer one short prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with a submissive heart.
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