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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.147
জানি’ বা না জানি’ কৈল যদ্যপি সন্ন্যাস ।
তথাপি তোমারে কভু নহিব উদাস ॥ ১৪৭ ॥
jāni’ vā nā jāni’ kaila yadyapi sannyāsa
tathāpi tomāre kabhu nahiba udāsa
“Knowingly or unknowingly I have accepted this renounced order. Still, I shall never be indifferent to you.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker acknowledges having accepted the renounced order.
He describes this acceptance as having happened knowingly or unknowingly.
Even after accepting renunciation, He promises never to be indifferent to the person He addresses.
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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