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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.127
“অনিকেত দুঁহে, বনে যত বৃক্ষগণ ।
এক এক বৃক্ষের তলে এক এক রাত্রি শয়ন ॥ ১২৭ ॥
“aniketa duṅhe, vane yata vṛkṣa-gaṇa
eka eka vṛkṣera tale eka eka rātri śayana
“The brothers actually have no fixed residence. They reside beneath trees — one night under one tree and the next night under another.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The brothers had no fixed residence.
They lived beneath trees.
They stayed under one tree for one night and under another the next night.
Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.
The mood of Madhya 19 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:
The Nawab then went off to attack Orissa. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu started for Vṛndāvana through the forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa, Rūpa Gosvāmī left home and sent news to Sanātana that he was leaving with his younger brother (Anupama Mallika) to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the brothers’ lack of a fixed residence reveal about the simplicity of their lives?
Spend a minute reflecting on the contrast between your usual shelter and the brothers’ nightly shelter beneath trees.
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