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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.42
‘এই শ্লোকের অর্থ কর’—প্রভু যদি বৈল ।
বিস্মিত হএ দিগ্বিজয়ী প্রভুরে পুছিল ॥ ৪২ ॥
‘ei ślokera artha kara’ — prabhu yadi baila
vismita hañā digvijayī prabhure puchila
When Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked him to explain the meaning of this verse, the champion, very much astonished, inquired from Him as follows.
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Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked the champion to explain the meaning of the verse.
The champion was very much astonished by His request.
Before giving the explanation, the champion responded with an inquiry of his own.
Grief and transformed pride. Lakṣmīdevī’s departure brings sorrow; Keśava Kāśmīrī’s pride yields to surrender.
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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
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