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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.25
আমি ত’ — সন্ন্যাসী, দামোদর — ব্রহ্মচারী ।
সদা রহে আমার উপর শিক্ষা-দণ্ড ধরি’ ॥ ২৫ ॥
āmi ta’ — sannyāsī, dāmodara — brahmacārī
sadā rahe āmāra upara śikṣā-daṇḍa dhari’
“Although I am in the renounced order of life and Dāmodara is a brahmacārī, he still keeps a stick in his hand just to educate Me.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord identifies Himself as being in the renounced order of life.
He identifies Dāmodara as a brahmacārī.
Despite this distinction, the Lord says that Dāmodara keeps a stick in his hand to educate Him.
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.
Does my position make it difficult for me to receive correction from others?
Listen fully to one suggestion today before judging it by the position of the person offering it.
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