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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.35
তোমার কবিত্ব কিছু শুনিতে হয় মন ।
কৃপা করি’ কর যদি গঙ্গার বর্ণন ॥ ৩৫ ॥
tomāra kavitva kichu śunite haya mana
kṛpā kari’ kara yadi gaṅgāra varṇana
“Therefore I desire to hear your skill in composing poetry. We could hear this if you would mercifully describe the glory of mother Ganges.”
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The Lord expressed a desire to hear the scholar's skill in composing poetry.
He requested poetry describing the glory of mother Ganges.
He framed the request courteously, asking the scholar to mercifully let them hear.
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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
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In this verse: “mercifully”
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