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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.46
দুইগুচ্ছ তৃণ দুঁহে দশনে ধরিয়া ।
প্রভু দেখি’ দূরে পড়ে দণ্ডবৎ হঞা ॥ ৪৬ ॥
dui-guccha tṛṇa duṅhe daśane dhariyā
prabhu dekhi’ dūre paḍe daṇḍavat hañā
Seeing the Lord from a distance, the two brothers put two clumps of straw between their teeth and immediately fell down on the ground like rods, offering Him obeisances.
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The two brothers saw the Lord from a distance.
They put two clumps of straw between their teeth.
They immediately fell down on the ground like rods, offering Him obeisances.
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:
Meeting Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in a village called Rāmakeli, two brothers, Rūpa and Sanātana, began to devise means to get out of their government service. They appointed some brāhmaṇas to perform puraścaraṇa ceremonies and chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.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’ immediate offering of obeisances help you notice about their reverence?
Offer a respectful bow to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu today.
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