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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.93
অতএব তাঁ–সবার বন্দিয়ে চরণ ।
চৈতন্য–মালীর কহি লীলা–অনুক্রম ॥ ৯৩ ॥
ataeva tāṅ-sabāra vandiye caraṇa
caitanya-mālīra kahi līlā-anukrama
Therefore, offering my obeisances at the lotus feet of them all, I shall describe the pastimes of the gardener, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, in chronological order.
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The author offers obeisances at the lotus feet of them all before beginning his next account.
He will describe the pastimes of the gardener, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
He intends to present these pastimes in chronological order.
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:
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. Kamalākānta Viśvāsa was then purified by the request of Śrī Advaita Ācārya.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 12
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In this verse: “lotus feet”
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How can offering respect shape the way you approach reading these pastimes?
Before your next reading, pause to offer obeisances to the devotees described.
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