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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.87
হৈতে হৈতে হৈল গর্ভ ত্রয়োদশ মাস।
তথাপি ভূমিষ্ঠ নহে,—মিশ্রের হৈল ত্রাস ॥ ৮৭ ॥
haite haite haila garbha trayodaśa māsa
tathāpi bhūmiṣṭha nahe, — miśrera haila trāsa
In this way the pregnancy approached its thirteenth month, but still there was no sign of the delivery of the child. Thus Jagannātha Miśra became greatly apprehensive.
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The pregnancy approached its thirteenth month.
There was still no sign that the child would be delivered.
Jagannātha Miśra became greatly apprehensive.
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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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In this verse: “delivery”, “delivered”
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