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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.47
‘বহুজন্মের পুণ্যফলে পাইনু তোমার সঙ্গ ।
হেন-সঙ্গ বিধি মোর করিলেক ভঙ্গ ॥ ৪৭ ॥
‘bahu-janmera puṇya-phale pāinu tomāra saṅga
hena-saṅga vidhi mora karileka bhaṅga
“After many births, due to some pious activity I got Your association. Now providence is breaking this invaluable association.
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The Bhaṭṭācārya said that he had gained the Lord’s association after many births.
He attributed this opportunity to some pious activity.
He called that association invaluable and lamented that providence was now breaking it.
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “association”
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lamented”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I recognize the Lord’s association as something invaluable?
Reread the Bhaṭṭācārya’s words today and spend a quiet moment considering the word “invaluable.”
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