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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.154
তুমি-সব আগে যাহ ঈশ্বর দেখিতে ।
কিবা আমি আগে যাই, না যাব সহিতে ॥” ১৫৪ ॥
tumi-saba āge yāha īśvara dekhite
kibā āmi āge yāi, nā yāba sahite
“So all of you should go before or behind Me to see Lord Jagannātha. I shall not go with you.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord told His companions to go to see Lord Jagannātha.
They could go either before Him or behind Him.
He stated that He would not go with them.
Faith vindicated. The Deity bears witness; anxiety over a broken promise becomes astonishment and relief.
The mood of Madhya 5 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:
However, Nityānanda Prabhu broke the staff into three pieces and threw it into the Bhārgī River at a place known as Āṭhāranālā. Being angry at not getting His staff back, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left the company of Nityānanda Prabhu and went alone to see the Jagannātha temple.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 5
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice about the Lord directing His companions to see Lord Jagannātha while choosing to go separately?
Read the Lord’s statement slowly, noting both His direction to His companions and His decision not to accompany them.
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