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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.49
গ্রন্থ–বিস্তার–ভয়ে ছাড়িলা যে যে স্থান ।
সেই সেই স্থানে কিছু করিব ব্যাখ্যান ॥ ৪৯ ॥
grantha-vistāra-bhaye chāḍilā ye ye sthāna
sei sei sthāne kichu kariba vyākhyāna
Being afraid of his book’s becoming too voluminous, he left some places without vivid descriptions. I shall try to fill those places as far as possible.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The earlier author left some places without vivid descriptions because he feared making his book too voluminous.
The present author intends to fill those places with further description.
He promises to do this only as far as possible, acknowledging the limits of his undertaking.
Jubilation and hope. The Lord appears in Navadvīpa; the theological promise becomes a lived story.
The mood of Ādi 13 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:
A learned brāhmaṇa named Upendra Miśra, who resided in the district of Śrīhaṭṭa, was the father of Jagannātha Miśra, who came to Navadvīpa to study under the direction of Nīlāmbara Cakravartī and then settled there after marrying Nīlāmbara Cakravartī’s daughter, Śacīdevī. Śrī Śacīdevī gave birth to eight children, all daughters, who died one after another immediately after birth.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 13
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