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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.83
শচী কহে,—মুঞি দেখোঁ আকাশ–উপরে ।
দিব্যমূর্তি লোক সব যেন স্তুতি করে ॥ ৮৩ ॥
śacī kahe, — muñi dekhoṅ ākāśa-upare
divya-mūrti loka saba yena stuti kare
Śacīmātā told her husband, “I see wonderfully brilliant human beings appearing in outer space, as if offering prayers.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śacīmātā saw wonderfully brilliant human beings appearing in outer space, as if offering prayers.
The purport identifies them as demigods offering prayers to her because of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s presence in her womb.
Jagannātha Miśra was honored by everyone on earth and supplied with all necessities.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Then, in 1407 Śaka Era (A.D. 1486), in the full-moon evening of the month of Phālguna, with the constellation of Siṁha (Leo) on the horizon, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared as the son of Śrī Śacīdevī and Jagannātha Miśra. After hearing of the birth of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, learned scholars and brāhmaṇas, bringing many gifts, came to see the newborn baby.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 13
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How does the purport help you understand the honor shown to Śacīmātā?
Read the verse again and recall why the demigods were offering prayers.
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