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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.48
শিরে বজ্র পড়ে যদি, পুত্র মরি’ যায় ।
তাহা সহি, তোমার বিচ্ছেদ সহন না যায় ॥ ৪৮ ॥
śire vajra paḍe yadi, putra mari’ yāya
tāhā sahi, tomāra viccheda sahana nā yāya
“If a thunderbolt falls on my head or if my son dies, I can tolerate it. But I cannot endure the unhappiness of separation from You.
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The Bhaṭṭācārya said that he could tolerate a thunderbolt falling on his head.
He said that he could even tolerate the death of his son.
Yet he could not endure the unhappiness of separation from the Lord.
Expansive compassion. The Lord carries nāma and mercy from village to village, including deliverance of Vāsudeva.
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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.
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: “separation”
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What do these comparisons show me about the depth of the Bhaṭṭācārya’s attachment to the Lord?
Read this verse slowly today, paying particular attention to the sorrow of separation it expresses.
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