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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.7
প্রসন্ন হঞা আজ্ঞা দিবা, না মানিবা ‘দুঃখ’ ।
তোমা-সবার ‘সুখে’ পথে হবে মোর ‘সুখ’ ॥” ৭ ॥
prasanna hañā ājñā dibā, nā mānibā ‘duḥkha’
tomā-sabāra ‘sukhe’ pathe habe mora ‘sukha’ ”
“Please give Me your permission with great pleasure and do not be unhappy. If you are happy, I shall be happy on My way to Vṛndāvana.”
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The Lord asked them to give Him permission with great pleasure.
He requested that they not be unhappy.
He said that if they were happy, He would be happy on His way to Vṛndāvana.
Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.
The mood of Madhya 17 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:
After attending the Ratha-yātrā ceremony of Śrī Jagannātha, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu decided to start for Vṛndāvana. Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī selected a brāhmaṇa named Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya to personally assist Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the Lord’s concern for their happiness reveal in this exchange?
Offer a warm word of support today to someone preparing for a journey.
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