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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.178
শুনিয়া প্রভুর যদি অন্তরে উল্লাস ।
বাহিরে কহেন কিছু করি’ রোষাভাস ॥ ১৭৮ ॥
śuniyā prabhura yadi antare ullāsa
bāhire kahena kichu kari’ roṣābhāsa
Although Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was inwardly greatly pleased when He heard this verse, externally He spoke as if angry.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu hears the verse praising the son of mother Śacī as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Inwardly, He is greatly pleased by what He hears.
Externally, He speaks as if angry. The account distinguishes His inner pleasure from His outward response.
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:
One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Rāmānanda Rāya, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and others went to the place of Haridāsa Ṭhākura and heard some of the verses Rūpa Gosvāmī had composed for his books Lalita-mādhava and Vidagdha-mādhava. After examining the manuscripts of these two books, Rāmānanda Rāya approved and appreciated them very much.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 1
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Why is it important here to notice both His inward pleasure and His outward words?
Reread the verse and note its two contrasting descriptions: inwardly pleased and outwardly speaking as if angry.
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