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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.64
কথায় সভা উজ্জ্বল করে যেন পূর্ণচন্দ্র ।
নিজ–গুণামৃতে বাড়ায় বৈষ্ণব–আনন্দ ॥ ৬৪ ॥
kathāya sabhā ujjvala kare yena pūrṇa-candra
nija-guṇāmṛte bāḍāya vaiṣṇava-ānanda
Like the full moon, he illuminated the entire assembly of Vaiṣṇavas by speaking Śrī Caitanya-maṅgala, and by the nectar of his qualities he increased their transcendental bliss.
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He spoke Śrī Caitanya-maṅgala before the assembly of Vaiṣṇavas.
Like the full moon, he illuminated the entire assembly.
The nectar of his qualities increased the Vaiṣṇavas’ transcendental bliss.
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 his very old age, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī went to Vṛndāvana, and by the order of Śrī Madana-mohanajī he wrote Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta. Thus we are now able to relish its transcendental bliss.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 8
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