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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.48
নিত্যানন্দ–লীলা–বর্ণনে হইল আবেশ ।
চৈতন্যের শেষ–লীলা রহিল অবশেষ ॥ ৪৮ ॥
nityānanda-līlā-varṇane ha-ila āveśa
caitanyera śeṣa-līlā rahila avaśeṣa
He ecstatically described the pastimes of Lord Nityānanda, but the later pastimes of Caitanya Mahāprabhu remained untold.
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The author described the pastimes of Lord Nityānanda.
He described those pastimes ecstatically.
The later pastimes of Caitanya Mahāprabhu remained untold.
Vulnerability and obedience. Kavirāja writes by mercy and command rather than personal self-assertion.
The mood of Ādi 8 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 chapter the glories of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda are described, and it is also stated that one who commits offenses in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra does not achieve love of Godhead, even after chanting for many years. In this connection, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura warns against artificial displays of the bodily symptoms called aṣṭa-sāttvika-vikāra.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 8
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What does this verse help you notice about both the joy and the scope of the author’s account?
Write one sentence distinguishing the pastimes described ecstatically from those that remained untold.
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