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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.167
এইমত শচীদেবী বাৎসল্যে বিহ্বল ।
হর্ষ-ভয়-দৈন্যভাবে হইল বিকল ॥ ১৬৭ ॥
ei-mata śacīdevī vātsalye vihvala
harṣa-bhaya-dainya-bhāve ha-ila vikala
When mother Śacī was thus overwhelmed in maternal love for Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, she became transformed with happiness, fear and humility, as well as bodily symptoms.
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Mother Śacī was overwhelmed in maternal love for Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
She became transformed with happiness, fear and humility, along with bodily symptoms.
The purport explains that she was born in the family of Nīlāmbara Cakravartī and worshiped Lord Viṣṇu even before her marriage.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Madhya 3.167 quotesBG 6.41
As stated in the Bhagavad-gītā (6.41):
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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.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “humility”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “transformed”
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: “love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does mother Śacī’s experience help you appreciate the many feelings that can accompany love?
Pause today to reflect on the happiness, fear and humility present in mother Śacī’s love.
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