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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 1.68
এত কহি’ মহাপ্রভু মধ্যাহ্নে চলিলা ।
রূপ-গোসাঞি মনে কিছু বিস্ময় হইলা ॥ ৬৮ ॥
eta kahi’ mahāprabhu madhyāhne calilā
rūpa-gosāñi mane kichu vismaya ha-ilā
After saying this, Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to perform His noontime duties, leaving Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī somewhat surprised.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
After giving His instruction, Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to perform His noontime duties.
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was left somewhat surprised by what he had heard.
The next verse shows Rūpa Gosvāmī reflecting on the instruction and recognizing its connection with Satyabhāmā’s order.
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 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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might a pause for reflection help when an instruction surprises you?
Pause for one minute over the instruction not to take Kṛṣṇa out of Vṛndāvana, and note what surprises you.
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