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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.180
ভাইকে ভর্ৎসিনু মুঞি, লঞা এই গুণ ।
সেই রাত্রে প্রভু মোরে দিলা দরশন ॥ ১৮০ ॥
bhāike bhartsinu muñi, lañā ei guṇa
sei rātre prabhu more dilā daraśana
That night Lord Nityānanda appeared to me in a dream because of my good quality in chastising my brother.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Nityānanda appeared to the narrator in a dream that night.
The narrator connects this appearance with his chastising his brother.
He describes that chastisement as a good quality that brought about this appearance.
Shelter and wonder. The glory of Nityānanda reveals the intimate support behind the descent.
The mood of Ādi 5 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 was a great disaster for the brother of Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī. But on that very night Lord Nityānanda Prabhu Himself graced Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī in a dream and ordered him to leave on the next day for Vṛndāvana.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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What reason does the narrator give for Lord Nityānanda’s appearance?
Reread the translation and note the reason given for the dream.
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