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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 1.41
রাত্রে স্বপ্নে দেখে, — এক দিব্যরূপা নারী ।
সম্মুখে আসিয়া আজ্ঞা দিলা বহু কৃপা করি’ ॥ ৪১ ॥
rātre svapne dekhe, — eka divya-rūpā nārī
sammukhe āsiyā ājñā dilā bahu kṛpā kari’
While resting in Satyabhāmā-pura, he dreamed that a celestially beautiful woman came before him and very mercifully gave him the following order.
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While resting in Satyabhāmā-pura, Rūpa Gosvāmī had a dream.
A celestially beautiful woman appeared before him.
She very mercifully gave him an order. This verse introduces the order without stating its content or identifying the woman.
Recognition and encouragement. Rūpa’s devotional insight receives the Lord’s approval; even a dog receives mercy.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
One night, however, the dog could not get any food and therefore went directly to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī. The next day, when Śivānanda and his party reached Jagannātha Purī, Śivānanda saw the dog eating some coconut pulp offered to it by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 1
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “mercifully”
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Write down the three details given about the dream, without adding an identity or an order not supplied here.
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