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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.10
এবে সবা-স্থানে মুঞি মাগোঁ এক দানে ।
সবে মেলি’ আজ্ঞা দেহ, যাইব দক্ষিণে ॥ ১০ ॥
ebe sabā-sthāne muñi māgoṅ eka dāne
sabe meli’ ājñā deha, yāiba dakṣiṇe
“I now beg all of you for one bit of charity. Please give Me permission to leave for a tour of South India.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
He begs everyone for one bit of charity.
The charity He requests is their permission to leave.
He wishes to make a tour of South India.
Expansive compassion. The Lord carries nāma and mercy from village to village, including deliverance of Vāsudeva.
The mood of Madhya 7 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:
During the month of Vaiśākha, He began to tour South India. When He proposed to travel to South India alone, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu gave Him a brāhmaṇa assistant named Kṛṣṇadāsa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 7
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can I learn from this humble way of asking permission?
Today, make one request gently and respectfully.
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