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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.61
চৈতন্য–নিত্যানন্দে তাঁর পরম বিশ্বাস ।
চৈতন্য–চরিতে তাঁর পরম উল্লাস ॥ ৬১ ॥
caitanya-nityānande tāṅra parama viśvāsa
caitanya-carite tāṅra parama ullāsa
Paṇḍita Haridāsa had great faith in Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda. Therefore he took great satisfaction in knowing about Their pastimes and qualities.
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Paṇḍita Haridāsa had great faith in Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda.
He took great satisfaction in knowing about Their pastimes.
His faith also brought him great satisfaction in knowing Their qualities.
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:
Previous to the composition of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura wrote a book called Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata. Only those subjects which were not discussed by Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura in his Caitanya-bhāgavata have been taken up by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī to be depicted in Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 8
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In this verse: “haridāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does faith affect my desire to know the Lord’s pastimes and qualities?
Spend a few minutes today reading about Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda’s pastimes or qualities.
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