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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.211
শ্রীমদনগোপাল–শ্রীগোবিন্দ–দরশন ।
কহিবার যোগ্য নহে এসব কথন ॥ ২১১ ॥
śrī-madana-gopāla-śrī-govinda-daraśana
kahibāra yogya nahe e-saba kathana
I am not fit to speak all these confidential words about my visiting Lord Madana Gopāla and Lord Govinda.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The author refers to his visiting Lord Madana Gopāla and Lord Govinda.
He describes the words about these visits as confidential.
He considers himself unfit to speak all these confidential words.
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:
Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja’s brother invited Śrī Mīnaketana Rāmadāsa, a great devotee of Lord Nityānanda, to his home, but a priest named Guṇārṇava Miśra did not receive him well, and Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī’s brother, not recognizing the glories of Lord Nityānanda, also took sides with the priest. Therefore Rāmadāsa became sorry, broke his flute and went away.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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How can I approach confidential spiritual matters with greater humility?
Reread this translation slowly, noticing the author’s humility about speaking of his visits.
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