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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.69
আচার্য কহে — বৈস দোঁহে পিঁড়ির উপরে ।
এত বলি’ হাতে ধরি’ বসাইল দুঁহারে ॥ ৬৯ ॥
ācārya kahe — vaisa doṅhe piṅḍira upare
eta bali’ hāte dhari’ vasāila duṅhāre
Advaita Ācārya said, “Just sit down here on these seats.” Catching Their hands, He sat Them both down.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Advaita Ācārya asked Them to sit on the seats already provided.
He took Them by Their hands.
He personally sat Them both down.
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:
When He was worshiping the sacred river, Advaita Prabhu arrived in a boat. Advaita Prabhu asked Him to take His bath in the Ganges and took Him to His (Advaita’s) house.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 can your welcome include practical care for another person?
Prepare a seat for someone today and warmly invite them to sit.
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