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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.100
তোমার কবিত্ব যেন গঙ্গাজল–ধার ।
তোমা–সম কবি কোথা নাহি দেখি আর ॥ ১০০ ॥
tomāra kavitva yena gaṅgā-jala-dhāra
tomā-sama kavi kothā nāhi dekhi āra
“Your poetic skill is like the constant flow of the waters of the Ganges. I find no one in the world who can compete with you.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord compared the poet’s skill to the constant flow of the waters of the Ganges.
This comparison praised the flowing quality of his poetry.
The Lord said He found no one in the world who could compete with the poet.
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:
This chapter also describes the Lord’s argument with Keśava Kāśmīrī, the celebrated scholar, and the Lord’s criticism of his prayer glorifying mother Ganges. In this prayer the Lord found five kinds of literary ornaments and five kinds of literary faults, thus defeating the paṇḍita.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 16
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I take time to appreciate the skill expressed in another person’s work?
Read a short piece of poetry today and notice the flow of its words.
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