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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 1.52
প্রয়াগে শুনিলুঁ, — তেঁহো গেলা বৃন্দাবনে ।
অনুপমের গঙ্গা-প্রাপ্তি কৈল নিবেদনে ।।” ৫২ ॥ ৫২ ॥
prayāge śuniluṅ, — teṅho gelā vṛndāvane”
anupamera gaṅgā-prāpti kaila nivedane”
“In Prayāga I heard that he had already gone to Vṛndāvana.” Rūpa Gosvāmī next informed the Lord about the death of Anupama.
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In Prayāga, Rūpa Gosvāmī heard that Sanātana Gosvāmī had already gone to Vṛndāvana.
He reported what he had heard, rather than claiming to have met Sanātana Gosvāmī.
Rūpa Gosvāmī then informed the Lord about the death of Anupama.
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:
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. After this incident, the dog was liberated and went back home, back to Godhead.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.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How carefully do I distinguish news I have heard from events I have witnessed?
When passing on news today, make clear whether you heard it or witnessed it yourself.
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