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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.85
প্রতিভা, কবিত্ব তোমার দেবতা–প্রসাদে ।
অবিচার কাব্যে অবশ্য পড়ে দোষ–বাধে ॥ ৮৫ ॥
pratibhā, kavitva tomāra devatā-prasāde
avicāra kāvye avaśya paḍe doṣa-bādhe
“You have achieved poetic imagination and ingenuity by the grace of your worshipable demigod. But poetry not well reviewed is certainly subject to criticism.
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The poet’s imagination and ingenuity are acknowledged.
These gifts are attributed to the grace of his worshipable demigod.
Even gifted poetry is certainly subject to criticism when it has not been well reviewed.
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:
This chapter also describes the Lord’s argument with Keśava Kāśmīrī, the celebrated scholar, and the Lord’s criticism of his prayer glorifying mother Ganges. In this prayer the Lord found five kinds of literary ornaments and five kinds of literary faults, thus defeating the paṇḍita.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 16
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In this verse: “grace”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I rely on inspiration alone, or do I also take time to review my work?
Before sharing something you write today, reread it once and correct one weakness.
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