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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 16.47
প্রভু কহেন,—কহি, যদি না করহ রোষ ।
কহ তোমার এই শ্লোকে কিবা আছে দোষ ॥ ৪৭ ॥
prabhu kahena, — kahi, yadi na karaha roṣa
kaha tomāra ei śloke kibā āche doṣa
The Lord said, “My dear sir, I may say something to you if you will not become angry. Can you explain the faults in this verse?
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord addressed the brāhmaṇa respectfully as “My dear sir.”
He asked whether He could speak without the brāhmaṇa becoming angry.
He invited the brāhmaṇa to explain the faults in the verse.
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.
How do you respond when someone respectfully asks you to consider a fault?
If you need to point out a fault today, first ask courteously whether the person is willing to discuss it.
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