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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.109
এ–সব লীলা বর্ণিয়াছেন বৃন্দাবনদাস ।
যে কিছু বিশেষ ইঁহা করিল প্রকাশ ॥ ১০৯ ॥
e-saba līlā varṇiyāchena vṛndāvana-dāsa
ye kichu viśeṣa ihāṅ karila prakāśa
Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has described all these incidents elaborately. I have only presented the specific incidents he has not described.
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Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has described these incidents elaborately.
The author acknowledges that detailed account.
Here, the author presents only the specific incidents that Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has not described.
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
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Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
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How can acknowledging another person’s contribution make your own sharing more respectful?
When sharing something you have learned today, acknowledge the person whose explanation helped you.
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