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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.143
কান্দিয়া কহেন শচী, বাছারে নিমাঞি ।
বিশ্বরূপ-সম না করিহ নিঠুরাই ॥ ১৪৩ ॥
kāndiyā kahena śacī, bāchāre nimāñi
viśvarūpa-sama nā kariha niṭhurāi
Understanding that Lord Caitanya had accepted the renounced order of life, Śacīmātā, crying, said to the Lord, “My darling Nimāi, do not be cruel like Viśvarūpa, Your elder brother.”
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Śacīmātā understood that Lord Caitanya had accepted the renounced order of life.
Crying, she addressed Him as “My darling Nimāi.”
She asked Him not to be cruel like His elder brother, Viśvarūpa.
Reunion and heartbreaking parting. After sannyāsa, mother Śacī and the devotees reunite with Him before consenting to separation.
The mood of Madhya 3 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:
Mother Śacīdevī cooked for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu, and at that time there were many joking exchanges between Advaita Prabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu. In the evening there was a mass saṅkīrtana at the house of Advaita Prabhu, and mother Śacīdevī gave Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu permission to leave.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 3
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “crying”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What feelings do you hear in Śacīmātā’s words, “My darling Nimāi”?
Read Śacīmātā’s appeal slowly today, noticing her affectionate address and her tears.
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