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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.59
জগন্নাথ মিশ্রবর—পদবী ‘পুরন্দর’ ।
নন্দ–বসুদেব–রূপ সদ্গুণ–সাগর ॥ ৫৯ ॥
jagannātha miśravara — padavī ‘purandara’
nanda-vasudeva-rūpa sadguṇa-sāgara
Jagannātha Miśra was designated as Purandara. Exactly like Nanda Mahārāja and Vasudeva, he was an ocean of all good qualities.
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Jagannātha Miśra was also designated as Purandara.
He was an ocean of all good qualities.
In these qualities, he was exactly like Nanda Mahārāja and Vasudeva.
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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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: “nanda”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the description “an ocean of all good qualities” invite you to appreciate?
Choose one good quality you admire and make a small effort to express it today.
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