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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.91
অ–কলঙ্ক গৌরচন্দ্র দিলা দরশন ।
স–কলঙ্ক চন্দ্রে আর কোন্ প্রয়োজন ॥ ৯১ ॥
a-kalaṅka gauracandra dilā daraśana
sa-kalaṅka candre āra kon prayojana
When the spotless moon of Caitanya Mahāprabhu became visible, what would be the need for a moon full of black marks on its body?
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Caitanya Mahāprabhu is described as a spotless moon becoming visible.
The ordinary moon, by contrast, has black marks on its body.
The verse asks what need remains for that marked moon when Caitanya Mahāprabhu is visible.
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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What does the image of a spotless moon help you appreciate about Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Read the verse slowly and pause to reflect on the words “spotless moon.”
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