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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.44
সন্ন্যাস করি’ বিশ্বরূপ গিয়াছে দক্ষিণে ।
অবশ্য করিব আমি তাঁর অন্বেষণে ॥ ৪৪ ॥
sannyāsa kari’ viśvarūpa giyāche dakṣiṇe
avaśya kariba āmi tāṅra anveṣaṇe
“My elder brother, Viśvarūpa, has taken sannyāsa and gone to South India. Now I must go search for Him.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord identified Viśvarūpa as His elder brother.
Viśvarūpa had taken sannyāsa and gone to South India.
The Lord said that He must now go and search for 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:
During the month of Vaiśākha, He began to tour South India. When He proposed to travel to South India alone, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu gave Him a brāhmaṇa assistant named Kṛṣṇadāsa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 7
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the Lord’s wish to search for His elder brother help me notice about His care?
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