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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.102
দোষ–গুণ–বিচার—এই অল্প করি’ মানি ।
কবিত্ব–করণে শক্তি, তাঁহা সে বাখানি ॥ ১০২ ॥
doṣa-guṇa-vicāra — ei alpa kari’ māni
kavitva-karaṇe śakti, tāṅhā se vākhāni
“Such mistakes should be considered negligible. One should see only how such poets have displayed their poetic power.
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The Lord said that such mistakes should be considered negligible.
He advised looking at how the poets had displayed their poetic power.
His instruction directs attention toward their poetic ability rather than their faults.
The purport of CC Ādi 16.102 quotesSB 1.5.11
In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.5.11) it is said:
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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:
In this prayer the Lord found five kinds of literary ornaments and five kinds of literary faults, thus defeating the paṇḍita. Later the Kāśmīrī Paṇḍita, who was known to have been victorious all over the country, submitted himself to the goddess of learning, and by her order he met Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu on the morning of the next day and surrendered unto Him.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 small faults keep me from appreciating someone’s genuine ability?
In something you read today, identify one strength instead of dwelling on a minor mistake.
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