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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.275
ধিক্ ধিক্ আপনাকে বলি’ হইলাঙ অস্থির ।
নিবৃত্ত হঞা পুনঃ আইলাঙ গঙ্গাতীর ॥ ২৭৫ ॥
dhik, dhik āpanāke bali’ ha-ilāṅa asthira
nivṛtta hañā punaḥ āilāṅa gaṅgā-tīra
“I therefore said, ‘Fie upon Me!’ and being very much agitated, I returned to the banks of the Ganges.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker reproached Himself, saying, “Fie upon Me!”
He was very much agitated.
He returned to the banks of the Ganges.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do you respond when you feel deeply dissatisfied with your own actions?
Take a quiet moment today to reflect honestly on an action you regret.
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