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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.33
পত্র পড়িয়া প্রভুর মনে হৈল দুঃখ ।
বাহিরে হাসিয়া কিছু বলে চন্দ্রমুখ ॥ ৩৩ ॥
patra paḍiyā prabhura mane haila duḥkha
bāhire hāsiyā kichu bale candra-mukha
Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu became unhappy upon reading the note, although His face still shone as brightly as the moon. Thus, smiling, He spoke as follows.
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Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu became unhappy upon reading the note.
Although He was unhappy, His face still shone as brightly as the moon.
He smiled as He began to speak.
Loyalty and discernment. The narrative distinguishes fidelity to the ācārya from deviation.
The mood of Ādi 12 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:
In his early life Gopāla fainted during the cleansing of the Guṇḍicā-mandira at Jagannātha Purī and thus became a recipient of the mercy of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The story of Kamalākānta Viśvāsa concerns his borrowing three hundred rupees from Pratāparudra Mahārāja to clear a debt of Advaita Ācārya’s, for which Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu chastised him when He came to know of it.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 12
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