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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.50
প্রভুর লীলামৃত তেঁহো কৈল আস্বাদন ।
তাঁর ভুক্ত–শেষ কিছু করিয়ে চর্বণ ॥ ৫০ ॥
prabhura līlāmṛta teṅho kaila āsvādana
tāṅra bhukta-śeṣa kichu kariye carvaṇa
The transcendental pastimes of Lord Caitanya have actually been relished by Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura. I am simply trying to chew the remnants of food left by him.
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Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has actually relished the transcendental pastimes of Lord Caitanya.
The author describes his own effort as chewing the remnants of food left by him.
This comparison expresses humility and appreciation for what Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has already relished.
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:
During this time, Caitanya Mahāprabhu toured southern India, went to Vṛndāvana, returned from Vṛndāvana and preached the saṅkīrtana movement. 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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 13
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “humility”
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With what attitude do I receive the accounts of Lord Caitanya’s pastimes?
Read this verse slowly, pausing to appreciate the author’s humility.
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