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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.38
প্রেমাবেশে পথে তুমি হবে অচেতন ।
এ-সব সামগ্রী তোমার কে করে রক্ষণ ॥ ৩৮ ॥
premāveśe pathe tumi habe acetana
e-saba sāmagrī tomāra ke kare rakṣaṇa
“When, along the way, You fall unconscious in ecstatic love of Godhead, who will protect Your belongings — the waterpot, garments and so forth?”
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The question anticipates the Lord falling unconscious along the way in ecstatic love of Godhead.
At such times, His waterpot and garments would need protection.
The speaker expresses concern about who will care for those belongings.
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:
Along with other devotees, Nityānanda Prabhu accompanied the Lord to Ālālanātha, but there Lord Caitanya left them all behind and went ahead with the brāhmaṇa Kṛṣṇadāsa. The Lord began chanting the mantra “ kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa he. ” In whatever village He spent the night, whenever a person came to see Him in His shelter, the Lord implored him to preach the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 7
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of godhead”, “ecstatic love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can practical care express my desire to serve?
Offer to watch over someone’s belongings while they are occupied.
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