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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.59
আমি বালক-সন্ন্যাসী — ভাল-মন্দ নাহি জানি ।
তোমার আশ্রয় নিলুঁ, গুরু করি’ মানি ॥ ৫৯ ॥
āmi bālaka-sannyāsī — bhānda-manda nāhi jāni
tomāra āśraya niluṅ, guru kari’ māni
“I am a young sannyāsī, and I actually have no knowledge of what is good and what is bad. Therefore I am taking shelter of you and accepting you as My spiritual master.
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The speaker describes Himself as a young sannyāsī.
He humbly says that He has no knowledge of what is good and what is bad.
He takes shelter of the person He addresses and accepts him as His spiritual master.
Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Hearing all these arguments, Caitanya Mahāprabhu told His devotees that Sārvabhauma was His spiritual master and that whatever he said out of affection was for everyone’s benefit. When Sārvabhauma met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he asked Him to hear Vedānta philosophy from him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “shelter”
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