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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.110
চৈতন্য–গোসাঞির লীলা—অমৃতের ধার ।
সর্বেন্দ্রিয় তৃপ্ত হয় শ্রবণে যাহার ॥ ১১০ ॥
caitanya-gosāñira līlā — amṛtera dhāra
sarvendriya tṛpta haya śravaṇe yāhāra
The nectarean drops of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes can satisfy the senses of everyone who hears them.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes are described as nectarean drops.
These nectarean drops can satisfy the senses.
This satisfaction is available to everyone who hears His pastimes.
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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Audārya · Love that moves outward
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What draws you to hear more of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes?
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