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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.45
আজ্ঞা দেহ, অবশ্য আমি দক্ষিণে চলিব ।
তোমার আজ্ঞাতে সুখে লেউটি’ আসিব’ ॥ ৪৫ ॥
ājñā deha, avaśya āmi dakṣiṇe caliba
tomāra ājñāte sukhe leuṭi’ āsiba’
“Please permit Me to go, for I must tour South India. With your permission, I shall soon return very happily.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord asked permission to leave.
He explained that He must tour South India.
He said that, with permission, He would soon return very happily.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I explain my plans considerately to those affected by them?
Before carrying out a plan involving someone else today, respectfully ask for their agreement.
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