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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.9
কিন্তু আমা-দুঁহার শুন এক নিবেদনে ।
‘তোমার সুখে আমার সুখ’ — কহিলা আপনে ॥ ৯ ॥
kintu āmā-duṅhāra śuna eka nivedane
‘tomāra sukhe āmāra sukha’ — kahilā āpane
“Dear Lord, kindly hear our one petition. You have already said that You will derive happiness from our happiness. This is Your own statement.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speakers ask the Lord kindly to hear their one petition.
They recall His statement that He will derive happiness from their happiness.
Their appeal rests on the Lord’s own words.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I express a request with humility and trust?
Today, make one request gently, asking the other person to hear you.
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