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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.20
নীলাচল আসিতে পথে ভাঙ্গিলা মোর দণ্ড ।
তোমা-সবার গাঢ়-স্নেহে আমার কার্য-ভঙ্গ ॥ ২০ ॥
nīlācala āsite pathe bhāṅgilā mora daṇḍa
tomā-sabāra gāḍha-snehe āmāra kārya-bhaṅga
“While on the way to Jagannātha Purī, You broke My sannyāsa staff. I know that all of you have great affection for Me, but such things disturb My activities.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord recalls that His sannyāsa staff was broken on the way to Jagannātha Purī.
He acknowledges that all of those with Him have great affection for Him.
Yet He explains that such actions disturb His activities; affection does not remove the disturbance.
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.
Could my way of showing affection interfere with someone’s responsibilities?
Before offering help today, ask whether it will support or interrupt the other person’s activity.
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