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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.99
তুমি বড় পণ্ডিত, মহাকবি–শিরোমণি ।
যাঁর মুখে বাহিরায় ঐছে কাব্যবাণী ॥ ৯৯ ॥
tumi baḍa paṇḍita, mahākavi-śiromaṇi
yāṅra mukhe bāhirāya aiche kavya-vāṇī
“You are the most learned scholar and the topmost of all great poets, for otherwise how could such fine poetry come from your mouth?
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord addressed the poet as the most learned scholar.
He also praised him as the topmost of all great poets.
He pointed to the fine poetry coming from the poet’s mouth as evidence of his ability.
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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Am I willing to acknowledge someone’s genuine ability even when I disagree with them?
Offer someone a sincere compliment about a skill you have actually observed.
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