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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.92
অলঙ্কার নাহি পড়, নাহি শাস্ত্রাভ্যাস ।
কেমনে এ সব অর্থ করিলে প্রকাশ ॥ ৯২ ॥
alaṅkāra nāhi paḍa, nāhi śāstrābhyāsa
kemane e saba artha karile prakāśa
“I am surprised. You are not a literary student and do not have long experience in studying the śāstras. How have You been able to explain all these critical points?”
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The paṇḍita expressed surprise at the explanation he had heard.
He observed that the boy was not a literary student and did not have long experience studying the śāstras.
He asked how the boy had nevertheless been able to explain all these critical points.
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:
In this prayer the Lord found five kinds of literary ornaments and five kinds of literary faults, thus defeating the paṇḍita. Later the Kāśmīrī Paṇḍita, who was known to have been victorious all over the country, submitted himself to the goddess of learning, and by her order he met Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu on the morning of the next day and surrendered unto Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 16
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do expectations about someone’s education affect my willingness to hear their explanation?
When an explanation surprises you today, ask how the speaker arrived at it rather than dismissing it.
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