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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.53
কবি কহে,—কহ দেখি, কোন্ গুণ–দোষ ।
প্রভু কহেন,—কহি, শুন, না করিহ রোষ ॥ ৫৩ ॥
kavi kahe, — kaha dekhi, kon guṇa-doṣa
prabhu kahena, — kahi, śuna, nā kariha roṣa
The poet said, “All right, let me see what good qualities and faults You have found.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The poet invited the Lord to explain what He had found.
His invitation included both the good qualities and the faults.
The Lord asked to speak and requested that the poet hear Him without becoming angry.
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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:
In this prayer the Lord found five kinds of literary ornaments and five kinds of literary faults, thus defeating the paṇḍita. Later the Kāśmīrī Paṇḍita, who was known to have been victorious all over the country, submitted himself to the goddess of learning, and by her order he met Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu on the morning of the next day and surrendered unto Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 16
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Can I hear about faults without becoming angry?
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