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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.144
সন্ন্যাসী হইয়া পুনঃ না দিল দরশন ।
তুমি তৈছে কৈলে মোর হইবে মরণ ॥ ১৪৪ ॥
sannyāsī ha-iyā punaḥ nā dila daraśana
tumi taiche kaile mora ha-ibe maraṇa
Mother Śacī continued, “After accepting the renounced order, Viśvarūpa never again gave me audience. If You do like Him, that will certainly be the death of me.”
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Mother Śacī said that Viśvarūpa had accepted the renounced order.
Afterward, he never again gave her audience.
She told the Lord that if He did the same, it would certainly be the death of her.
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:
In the evening there was a mass saṅkīrtana at the house of Advaita Prabhu, and mother Śacīdevī gave Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu permission to leave. She requested Him to make Jagannātha Purī, Nīlācala, His headquarters.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 3
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does her experience with Viśvarūpa help you understand mother Śacī’s appeal?
Pause after reading her words and consider how deeply she wished to see the Lord again.
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