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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.55
সুশীল, সহিষ্ণু, শান্ত, বদান্য, গম্ভীর ।
মধুর–বচন, মধুর–চেষ্টা, মহাধীর ॥ ৫৫ ॥
suśīla, sahiṣṇu, śānta, vadānya, gambhīra
madhura-vacana, madhura-ceṣṭā, mahā-dhīra
He was gentle, tolerant, peaceful, magnanimous, grave, sweet in his words and very sober in his endeavors.
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He was gentle, tolerant and peaceful.
He was magnanimous and grave.
He was sweet in his words and very sober in his endeavors.
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:
When he is actually purified, automatically he will experience ecstasy in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. Previous to the composition of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura wrote a book called Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 8
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “tolerant”
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “magnanimous”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which of these qualities would you most like to practice today?
In one conversation today, pause before replying and choose gentle, sweet words.
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