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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.17
দক্ষিণের তীর্থপথ আমি সব জানি ।
আমি সঙ্গে যাই, প্রভু, আজ্ঞা দেহ তুমি ॥” ১৭ ॥
dakṣiṇera tīrtha-patha āmi saba jāni
āmi saṅge yāi, prabhu, ājñā deha tumi”
“Indeed, I know all the paths to the different places of pilgrimage in South India. Just order Me, and I shall go with You.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker knows all the paths to the different places of pilgrimage in South India.
He offers to accompany Him on the journey.
His words, “Just order Me,” express readiness to go when directed.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted the renounced order of life in the month of Māgha (January-February) and went to Jagannātha Purī in the month of Phālguna (February-March). He saw the Dola-yātrā festival during the month of Phālguna, and in the month of Caitra He liberated Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.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 knowledge or ability can I willingly offer in service?
Offer to help with one task you know how to do, and ask what is needed.
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