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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.89
অবশ্য চলিব, দুঁহে করহ সম্মতি ।
তোমা-দুঁহা বিনা মোর নাহি অন্য গতি ॥ ৮৯ ॥
avaśya caliba, duṅhe karaha sammati
tomā-duṅhā vinā mora nāhi anya gati
“This time I must go. Will you please give Me permission? Save for you two, I have no other resort.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
He declared, “This time I must go.”
He nevertheless asked the two listeners to give Him permission.
He told them that, apart from them, He had no other resort.
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:
This time, all the wives of the Vaiṣṇavas brought many types of food, intending to extend invitations to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī. When the devotees arrived, Caitanya Mahāprabhu sent His blessings in the form of garlands.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can a firm intention be expressed together with a respectful request?
In one request today, state your intention clearly while respectfully asking for the other person’s agreement.
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