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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.195
মুঞি অধম তোমার না পাব দরশন ।
কেমতে ধরিব এই পাপিষ্ঠ জীবন ॥ ১৯৫ ॥
muñi adhama tomāra nā pāba daraśana
kemate dhariba ei pāpiṣṭha jīvana
“Because I am the lowest among men, I shall not be able to see You. How shall I maintain my sinful life?”
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The speaker describes himself as the lowest among men.
He fears that he will not be able to see the Lord.
He asks how he can maintain his life without seeing Him, calling his own life sinful.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu granted His mother’s request and, followed by Nityānanda, Mukunda, Jagadānanda and Dāmodara, left Śāntipura. Bidding farewell to mother Śacīdevī, they all proceeded toward Jagannātha Purī, following the path of Chatrabhoga.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 3
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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: “lowest”
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