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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.37
শুনিয়া করিল প্রভু বহুত সৎকার ।
তোমা সম পৃথিবীতে কবি নাহি আর ॥ ৩৭ ॥
śuniyā karila prabhu bahuta satkāra
tomā sama pṛthivīte kavi nāhi āra
The Lord praised him, saying, “Sir, there is no greater poet than you in the entire world.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord praised the poet directly.
He addressed him respectfully as “Sir.”
His praise was sweeping: He said there was no greater poet in the entire world.
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:
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. When the Lord returned home, He saw that His mother was overwhelmed with grief because of Lakṣmīdevī’s death.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.
Do I take time to acknowledge another person's skill?
Offer someone one sincere, specific word of appreciation for a skill they have shown.
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