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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.55
‘অবিমৃষ্ট–বিধেয়াংশ’—দুই ঠাঞি চিহ্ন ।
‘বিরুদ্ধমতি’, ‘ভগ্নক্রম’, ‘পুনরাত্ত',—দোষ তিন ॥ ৫৫ ॥
‘avimṛṣṭa-vidheyāṁśa’ — dui ṭhāñi cihna
‘viruddha-mati’, ‘bhagna-krama’, ‘punar-ātta’, — doṣa tina
“In this verse the fault of avimṛṣṭa-vidheyāṁśa occurs twice, and the faults of viruddha-mati, bhagna-krama and punar-ātta occur once each.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The fault called avimṛṣṭa-vidheyāṁśa occurs twice in the verse.
Viruddha-mati and bhagna-krama occur once each.
Punar-ātta also occurs once, bringing the total to five faults.
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.
Am I attentive enough to distinguish each fault and how often it occurs?
Write the four fault names from this translation, noting the number of occurrences beside each.
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