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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 15.12
বিশ্বরপ শুনি’ ঘর ছাড়ি পলাইলা।
সন্ন্যাস করিয়া তীর্থ করিবারে গেলা ॥ ১২ ॥
viśvarūpa śuni’ ghara chāḍi palāilā
sannyāsa kariyā tīrtha karibāre gelā
Hearing of this, Viśvarūpa immediately left home and went away to accept sannyāsa and travel from one place of pilgrimage to another.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
On hearing of the marriage plans, Viśvarūpa immediately left home.
He went away to accept sannyāsa.
He also went to travel from one place of pilgrimage to another.
Wonder touched by grief. Learning, family duty, the loss of Jagannātha Miśra, and marriage create mixed feeling.
The mood of Ādi 15 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:
He narrated a story that Viśvarūpa, after accepting the sannyāsa order, invited Him in a dream to accept sannyāsa also , but the Lord refused and was therefore sent back home. When Jagannātha Miśra passed away, the Lord married the daughter of Vallabhācārya, whose name was Lakṣmī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 15
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to me about the immediacy of Viśvarūpa’s decision?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on Viśvarūpa’s choice to leave home and accept sannyāsa.
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