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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.36
শুনিয়া ব্রাহ্মণ গর্বে বর্ণিতে লাগিলা ।
ঘটী একে শত শ্লোক গঙ্গার বর্ণিল ॥ ৩৬ ॥
śuniyā brāhmaṇa garve varṇite lāgilā
ghaṭī eke śata śloka gaṅgāra varṇilā
When the brāhmaṇa, Keśava Kāśmīrī, heard this, he became still more puffed up, and within one hour he composed one hundred verses describing mother Ganges.
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Hearing the request, the brāhmaṇa Keśava Kāśmīrī became still more puffed up.
Within one hour, he composed one hundred verses.
All these verses described mother Ganges; his remarkable output was accompanied by increased pride.
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:
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When I have an opportunity to show my abilities, does my pride increase?
After using a skill today, pause briefly and notice whether you feel puffed up.
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