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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.10
সেই দেশে বিপ্র, নাম—মিশ্র তপন ।
নিশ্চয় করিতে নারে সাধ্য–সাধন ॥ ১০ ॥
sei deśe vipra, nāma — miśra tapana
niścaya karite nāre sādhya-sādhana
In East Bengal there was a brāhmaṇa named Tapana Miśra, who could not ascertain the objective of life or how to attain it.
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Tapana Miśra, a brāhmaṇa in East Bengal, could not ascertain life’s objective or how to attain it.
One must first ascertain the object of life and then understand how to attain it. The object of life is to understand Kṛṣṇa.
To attain this goal, one must practice Kṛṣṇa consciousness, following the methods prescribed by the Gosvāmīs with reference to the authoritative śāstras and Vedas.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Grief and transformed pride. Lakṣmīdevī’s departure brings sorrow; Keśava Kāśmīrī’s pride yields to surrender.
The mood of Ādi 16 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 went to East Bengal to secure financial assistance, cultivate knowledge and introduce the saṅkīrtana movement, and there He met Tapana Miśra, whom He instructed about spiritual advancement and ordered to go to Vārāṇasī. While Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu was touring East Bengal, His wife, Lakṣmīdevī, was bitten by a serpent or by the serpent of separation, and thus she left this world.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 16
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