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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 14.12
দেখিয়া মিশ্রের হইল আনন্দিত মতি ।
গুপ্তে বোলাইল নীলাম্বর চক্রবর্তী ॥ ১২ ॥
dekhiyā miśrera ha-ila ānandita mati
gupte bolāila nīlāmbara cakravartī
When Jagannātha Miśra saw the wonderful marks on the sole of his son, he became very joyful and privately called for Nīlāmbara Cakravartī.
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Jagannātha Miśra saw the wonderful marks on the sole of his son.
Seeing these marks made him very joyful.
He privately called for Nīlāmbara Cakravartī.
Parental tenderness and play. Nimāi’s childhood alternates affection, mischief, and revelations.
The mood of Ādi 14 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:
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura has given a summary of this chapter in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya: “In the fourteenth chapter there is a description of how Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu enjoyed His childhood pastimes — crawling, crying, eating dirt and giving intelligence to His mother, favoring a brāhmaṇa guest, riding on the shoulders of two thieves and misleading them to His own house, and, on the plea of being diseased, taking prasādam in the house of Hiraṇya and Jagadīśa on the Ekādaśī day.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 14
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What stands out to you about Jagannātha Miśra’s joy on seeing the marks?
Pause over the words “very joyful” and reflect on Jagannātha Miśra’s response.
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