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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 14.84
রাত্রে স্বপ্ন দেখে,—এক আসি’ ব্রাহ্মণ ।
মিশ্রেরে কহয়ে কিছু সরোষ বচন ॥ ৮৪ ॥
rātre svapna dekhe, — eka āsi’ brāhmaṇa
miśrere kahaye kichu sa-roṣa vacana
On that very night, Jagannātha Miśra dreamt that a brāhmaṇa had come before him speaking these words in great anger:
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Jagannātha Miśra had a dream that very night.
In the dream, a brāhmaṇa came before him.
The brāhmaṇa began speaking in great anger.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The chapter further describes how He displayed Himself as a naughty boy, how when His mother fainted He brought a coconut to her on His head, how He joked with girls of the same age on the banks of the Ganges, how He accepted worshipful paraphernalia from Śrīmatī Lakṣmīdevī, how He sat down in a garbage pit and instructed His mother in transcendental knowledge, how He left the pit on the order of His mother, and how He dealt with His father with full affection.”Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 14
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What impression does the brāhmaṇa’s great anger make on me as I read?
Reread the translation and identify its three details: when the dream occurred, who appeared, and how he spoke.
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