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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.250
যাবৎ তোমার হয় কাশীপুরে স্থিতি ।
মোর ঘর বিনা ভিক্ষা না করিবা কতি ॥ ২৫০ ॥
yāvat tomāra haya kāśī-pure sthiti
mora ghara vinā bhikṣā nā karibā kati
Tapana Miśra said, “As long as Your Lordship stays in Vārāṇasī, please do not accept an invitation from anyone but me.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Tapana Miśra addressed the Lord respectfully as “Your Lordship.”
His request concerned the whole time the Lord would stay in Vārāṇasī.
He asked the Lord not to accept an invitation from anyone but him.
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 Lord then sent Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī to Vṛndāvana. The Lord Himself returned to Vārāṇasī and stayed at the home of Candraśekhara.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this request reveal about Tapana Miśra’s eagerness to serve the Lord?
Read Tapana Miśra’s request aloud once, paying attention to his desire to continue serving.
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