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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.176
তোমা-সব না ছাড়িব, যাবৎ আমি জীব’ ।
মাতারে তাবৎ আমি ছাড়িতে নারিব ॥ ১৭৬ ॥
tomā-saba nā chāḍiba, yāvat āmi jība’
mātāre tāvat āmi chāḍite nāriba
“My dear friends, as long as I remain manifest, I shall never give you up. Nor shall I be able to give up My mother.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spoke to the devotees as His dear friends.
He promised never to give them up as long as He remained manifest.
He also said that He would not be able to give up His mother.
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.
What touches me about His assurance that He will not give up His friends or His mother?
Offer one concrete sign of care to a friend or family member today.
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