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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.24
অন্তরে দুঃখী মুকুন্দ, নাহি কহে মুখে ।
ইহার দুঃখ দেখি’ মোর দ্বিগুণ হয়ে দুঃখে ॥ ২৪ ॥
antare duḥkhī mukunda, nāhi kahe mukhe
ihāra duḥkha dekhi’ mora dvi-guṇa haye duḥkhe
“Of course, Mukunda does not say anything, but I know that he is very unhappy within, and upon seeing him unhappy, I become twice as unhappy.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Mukunda does not say anything about his unhappiness.
Nevertheless, the Lord knows that Mukunda is very unhappy within.
Seeing Mukunda unhappy makes the Lord twice as unhappy.
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:
He saw the Dola-yātrā festival during the month of Phālguna, and in the month of Caitra He liberated Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya. During the month of Vaiśākha, He began to tour South India.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.
How attentive am I to someone’s distress when they say nothing?
Gently ask someone who seems troubled how they are feeling, and give them time to answer.
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