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Chapter 13: The Ecstatic Dancing of the Lord at Ratha-yātrā

Verse 140 of 209
Cc Madhya 13.140

চিত্ত কাঢিঽ তোমা হৈতে, বিষযে চাহি লাগাইতে, যত্ন করি, নারি কাঢিবারে তারে ধ্যান শিক্ষা করাহ, লোক হাসাঞা মার, স্থানাস্থান না কর বিচারে

चित्त काढिऽ तोमा हैते, विषये चाहि लागाइते, यत्न करि, नारि काढिबारे तारे ध्यान शिक्षा कराह, लोक हासाञा मार, स्थानास्थान ना कर विचारे

citta kāḍhi' tomā haite, viṣaye cāhi lāgāite, yatna kari, nāri kāḍhibāre tāre dhyāna śikṣā karāha, loka hāsāñā māra, sthānāsthāna nā kara vicāre

Synonyms

citta kāḍhi'—withdrawing the consciousness; tomā haite—from You; viṣaye—in mundane subject matters; cāhi—I want; lāgāite—to engage; yatna kari—I endeavor; nāri kāḍhibāre—I cannot withdraw; tāre—to such a servant; dhyāna—of meditation; śikṣā—instruction; karāha—You give; loka—people in general; hāsāñā—laugh; māra—You kill; sthāna-asthāna—proper or improper place; nā kara—You do not make; vicāre—consideration..

Translation

Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued: " 'I would like to withdraw My consciousness from You and engage it in material activities, but even though I try, I cannot do so. I am naturally inclined to You only. Your instructions for Me to meditate on You are therefore simply ludicrous. In this way, You are killing Me. It is not very good for You to think of Me as a candidate for Your instructions.

Purport

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī says in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.1.11):

anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ
jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam
ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānu-
śīlanaṁ bhaktir uttamā

For a pure devotee, there is no scope for indulgence in mystic yoga practice or the cultivation of speculative philosophy. It is indeed impossible for a pure devotee to engage his mind in such unwanted activities. Even if a pure devotee wanted to, his mind would not allow him to do so. That is a characteristic of a pure devotee—he is transcendental to all fruitive activity, speculative philosophy and mystic yoga meditation. The gopīs therefore expressed themselves as follows.

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