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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.68
পণ্ডিত–গোসাঞির শিষ্য—ভুগর্ভ গোসাঞি ।
গৌরকথা বিনা আর মুখে অন্য নাই ॥ ৬৮ ॥
paṇḍita-gosāñira śiṣya — bhūgarbha gosāñi
gaura-kathā vinā āra mukhe anya nāi
Bhūgarbha Gosāñi, a disciple of Paṇḍita Gosāñi, was always engaged in topics regarding Lord Caitanya, knowing nothing else.
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Bhūgarbha Gosāñi was a disciple of Paṇḍita Gosāñi.
He was always engaged in topics regarding Lord Caitanya.
His absorption was so complete that the translation describes him as knowing nothing else.
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:
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. In his very old age, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī went to Vṛndāvana, and by the order of Śrī Madana-mohanajī he wrote Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 8
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How much undivided attention do you give to topics of Lord Caitanya?
Spend five minutes reading about Lord Caitanya without distractions.
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