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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.154
যে তোমার ইচ্ছা, আমি সেইত করিব ।
যাহাঁ লঞা যাহ তুমি, তাহাঁই যাইব ॥” ১৫৪ ॥
ye tomāra icchā, āmi seita kariba
yāhāṅ lañā yāha tumi, tāhāṅi yāiba”
“Whatever you desire, I must do. Wherever you take Me, I shall go.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker agrees to do whatever the other person desires.
“Wherever you take Me” expresses willingness to accept another’s guidance.
“I shall go” gives a clear assurance of cooperation.
Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.
The mood of Madhya 18 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:
Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya decided to take Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Prayāga after visiting the holy place known as Soro-kṣetra. While stopping near a village on the way to Prayāga, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fainted in ecstatic love.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How readily do I cooperate when I agree to accept someone’s guidance?
Follow through today on one small thing you have agreed to do.
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