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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.27
পুরী কহে, — কে তুমি, কাহাঁ তোমার বাস ।
কেমতে জানিলে, আমি করি উপবাস ॥ ২৭ ॥
purī kahe, — ke tumi, kāhāṅ tomāra vāsa
ke-mate jānile, āmi kari upavāsa
Mādhavendra Purī said, “Who are You? Where do You reside? And how did You know that I was fasting?”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Mādhavendra Purī asked the boy who He was.
He also asked where the boy resided.
He wanted to know how the boy knew that he was fasting.
Selfless service and longing. Gopāla’s requests, Gopīnātha’s mercy, and Mādhavendra Purī’s devotion deepen the theme of longing.
The mood of Madhya 4 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:
There He narrated the story of Mādhavendra Purī, as He had heard it from His spiritual master, Īśvara Purī. The narration is as follows.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 4
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What do Mādhavendra Purī’s questions reveal about his response to the boy?
Reread the three questions and pause to consider what Mādhavendra Purī wanted to learn.
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