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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 1.193
“কবিত্ব না হয় এই অমৃতের ধার ।
নাটক লক্ষণ সব সিদ্ধান্তের সার ॥ ১৯৩ ॥
“kavitva nā haya ei amṛtera dhāra
nāṭaka-lakṣaṇa saba siddhāntera sāra
Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya said, “This is not a poetic presentation; it is a continuous shower of nectar. Indeed, it is the essence of all ultimate realizations, appearing in the form of plays.
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Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya says that these works are not merely a poetic presentation.
He describes them as a continuous shower of nectar.
He praises them as the essence of all ultimate realizations, appearing in the form of plays.
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:
After examining the manuscripts of these two books, Rāmānanda Rāya approved and appreciated them very much. After the period of Cāturmāsya, all the devotees who had come from Bengal returned to their homes.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 1
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does Rāmānanda Rāya’s praise invite you to look beyond the poetry’s literary beauty?
Revisit one passage from Lalita-mādhava in this batch and note what it expresses beyond its beautiful wording.
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