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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.12
স্বপ্নে এক বিপ্র কহে,—শুনহ তপন ।
নিমাঞিপণ্ডিত পাশে করহ গমন ॥ ১২ ॥
svapne eka vipra kahe, — śunaha tapana
nimāñi-paṇḍita pāśe karaha gamana
Tapana Miśra, being thus bewildered, was directed by a brāhmaṇa in a dream to go to Nimāi Paṇḍita [Caitanya Mahāprabhu].
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Tapana Miśra was bewildered.
A brāhmaṇa gave him direction in a dream.
The brāhmaṇa directed him to go to Nimāi Paṇḍita, Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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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