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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 15.23
কতদিন রহি’ মিশ্র গেলা পরলোক ।
মাতা–পুত্র দুঁহার বাড়িল হৃদি শোক ॥ ২৩ ॥
kata dina rahi’ miśra gelā para-loka
mātā-putra duṅhāra bāḍila hṛdi śoka
After some days, Jagannātha Miśra passed away from this world to the transcendental world, and both mother and son were very much aggrieved in their hearts.
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After some days, Jagannātha Miśra passed away from this world.
The translation states that he went to the transcendental world.
Both mother and son were deeply aggrieved in their hearts.
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:
When Jagannātha Miśra passed away, the Lord married the daughter of Vallabhācārya, whose name was Lakṣmī. All these events are summarized in this chapter.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 15
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice about the presence of deep grief alongside a departure to the transcendental world?
Spend a quiet moment acknowledging the grief of mother and son without overlooking Jagannātha Miśra’s transcendental destination.
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