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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.97
নিরন্তর দুঁহে চিন্তি তোমার চরণ ।
‘সর্বজ্ঞ ঈশ্বর’ তুমি দিলা দরশন ॥ ৯৭ ॥
nirantara duṅhe cinti tomāra caraṇa
‘sarvajña īśvara’ tumi dilā daraśana
“My dear Lord, we two think of Your lotus feet incessantly. Although You are the omniscient Supreme Personality of Godhead, You have granted us Your audience.
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Candraśekhara said that the two of them thought incessantly of the Lord’s lotus feet.
He addressed Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the omniscient Supreme Personality of Godhead.
He acknowledged that the Lord had granted them His audience.
Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
In this way the Lord passed through the jungle of Jhārikhaṇḍa (Jharkhand) and finally reached Vārāṇasī. After taking His bath at the Maṇikarṇikā-ghāṭa at Vārāṇasī, He met Tapana Miśra, who took the Lord to his place and respectfully gave Him a comfortable residence.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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In this verse: “lotus feet”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you make room today to remember the Lord’s lotus feet?
Pause for one quiet minute to remember the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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