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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.88
কহিতে চাহয়ে কিছু, না আইসে উত্তর ।
তবে বিচারয়ে মনে হইয়া ফাঁফর ॥ ৮৮ ॥
kahite cāhaye kichu, nā āise uttara
tabe vicāraye mane ha-iyā phāṅphara
He wanted to say something, but no reply would come from his mouth. He then began to consider this puzzle within his mind.
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The poet wanted to say something.
Despite that desire, no reply would come from his mouth.
He then began to consider the puzzle within his mind.
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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When I cannot find an answer, can I pause and consider the matter quietly?
Choose one question you cannot yet answer and spend a minute considering it without forcing a reply.
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