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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.232
“আজ্ঞা দেহ,’ যাঞা দেখি প্রভুর চরণ ।
অন্যথা, না রহে মোর শরীরে জীবন” ॥ ২৩২ ॥
“ājñā deha’, yāñā dekhi prabhura caraṇa
anyathā, nā rahe mora śarīre jīvana”
Raghunātha dāsa asked his father, “Please give me permission to go see the lotus feet of the Lord. If you do not, my life will not remain within this body.”
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Raghunātha dāsa asked his father for permission to see the lotus feet of the Lord.
He expressed his longing directly and earnestly.
He told his father that without this permission, his life would not remain within his 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:
Returning from Rāmakeli, He met Raghunātha dāsa and after giving him instructions sent him back home. Thereafter the Lord returned to Nīlācala and began to make plans to go to Vṛndāvana without a companion.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.
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”
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: “longing”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How earnestly do I desire to come closer to the Lord?
Take a quiet moment today to express your desire to approach the Lord.
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