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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.90
যে ব্যাখ্যা করিল, সে মনুষ্যের নহে শক্তি ।
নিমাঞি–মুখে রহি’ বলে আপনে সরস্বতী ॥ ৯০ ॥
ye vyākhyā karila, se manuṣyera nahe śakti
nimāñi-mukhe rahi’ bale āpane sarasvatī
“The wonderful explanation the boy has given could not have been possible for a human being. Therefore mother Sarasvatī must have spoken personally through His mouth.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The paṇḍita considered the boy’s explanation wonderful.
He thought such an explanation could not have been possible for a human being.
He therefore concluded that mother Sarasvatī must have spoken personally through His mouth.
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:
Therefore at her request He later married His second wife, Viṣṇupriyā-devī. 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.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.
What does the paṇḍita’s conclusion reveal about how deeply the explanation impressed him?
Reread the translation and identify the conclusion the paṇḍita draws from the wonderful explanation.
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