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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.169
কাশীতে গ্রাহক নাহি, বস্তু না বিকায় ।
পুনরপি দেশে বহি’ লওয়া নাহি যায় ॥ ১৬৯ ॥
kāśīte grāhaka nāhi, vastu nā vikāya
punarapi deśe vahi’ laoyā nāhi yāya
“Although I came to Vārāṇasī to sell My goods, there were no customers, and it appeared necessary for Me to carry them back to My own country.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued describing His visit to Vārāṇasī as a journey to sell His goods.
From His preceding words, these goods were His emotional ecstatic love. He said that there had been no customers.
It had appeared necessary to carry His goods back to His own country, though the preceding verses describe how the people came to chant and discuss Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.
The mood of Madhya 25 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:
From that day on, all the sannyāsīs of Vārāṇasī became devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Before returning to His headquarters at Jagannātha Purī, the Lord advised Sanātana Gosvāmī to go to Vṛndāvana.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “discuss”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chant”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “ecstatic love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How willing are you to make room for the devotional life described in these verses?
Make room today for a few minutes of chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
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