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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.93
ইহা শুনি’ মহাপ্রভু অতি বড় রঙ্গী ।
তাঁহার হৃদয় জানি’ কহে করি’ ভঙ্গী ॥ ৯৩ ॥
ihā śuni’ mahāprabhu ati baḍa raṅgī
tāṅhāra hṛdaya jāni’ kahe kari’ bhaṅgī
Hearing this and understanding the paṇḍita’s heart, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied in a humorous way.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard what the paṇḍita said.
He understood the paṇḍita’s heart.
He replied in a humorous way.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I pause to consider another person’s feelings before replying?
In one conversation today, listen carefully and consider the speaker’s feelings before you answer.
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