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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.77
আজ্ঞামালা পাঞা আমার হইল আনন্দ ।
তাহাঁই করিনু এই গ্রন্থের আরম্ভ ॥ ৭৭ ॥
ājñā-mālā pāñā āmāra ha-ila ānanda
tāhāṅi karinu ei granthera ārambha
I was greatly pleased to have the garland signifying the order of the Lord, and then and there I commenced to write this book.
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The garland signified the order of the Lord.
The author was greatly pleased to receive it.
Then and there, he began writing the book.
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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