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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.61
‘অবিমৃষ্ট–বিধেয়াংশ’—এই দোষের নাম ।
আর এক দোষ আছে, শুন সাবধান ॥ ৬১ ॥
‘avimṛṣṭa-vidheyāṁśa’ — ei doṣera nāma
āra eka doṣa āche, śuna sāvadhāna
“Not only is there the fault avimṛṣṭa-vidheyāṁśa, but there is also another fault, which I shall point out to you. Kindly hear Me with great attention.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The composition contains the fault called avimṛṣṭa-vidheyāṁśa.
Another fault remains to be pointed out.
The listener is kindly asked to hear with great attention.
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:
When the Lord returned home, He saw that His mother was overwhelmed with grief because of Lakṣmīdevī’s death. Therefore at her request He later married His second wife, Viṣṇupriyā-devī.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 attentively do I listen when someone points out a fault?
When someone offers a correction today, listen to the full explanation before responding.
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