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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.10
মধ্যলীলা-মধ্যে অন্ত্যলীলা-সূত্রগণ ।
পূর্বগ্রন্থে সংক্ষেপেতে করিয়াছি বর্ণন ॥ ১০ ॥
madhya-līlā-madhye antya-līlā-sūtra-gaṇa
pūrva-granthe saṅkṣepete kariyāchi varṇana
I have briefly described the antya-līlā within the description of the madhya-līlā.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The author has already briefly described the antya-līlā within his account of the madhya-līlā.
The neighbouring verse explains that old age and the possibility of death prompted him to give this account early.
This brief description provides a synopsis for the fuller account he now intends to write.
Recognition and encouragement. Rūpa’s devotional insight receives the Lord’s approval; even a dog receives mercy.
The mood of Antya 1 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 Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to Jagannātha Purī from Vṛndāvana, all His devotees from other parts of India, upon receiving the auspicious news, came to Puruṣottama-kṣetra, or Jagannātha Purī. Śivānanda Sena took a dog with him and even paid fees for it to cross the river.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 1
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