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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 1.70
পূর্বে দুই নাটক ছিল একত্র রচনা ।
দুইভাগ করি এবে করিমু ঘটনা ॥ ৭০ ॥
pūrve dui nāṭaka chila ekatra racanā
dui-bhāga kari ebe karimu ghaṭanā
“Formerly I wrote the two dramas as one composition. Now I shall divide it and describe the incidents in two separate works.
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Rūpa Gosvāmī had formerly written the two dramas as one composition.
He now resolved to divide that composition into two separate works.
His decision gave practical shape to his understanding that the order for two dramas had been confirmed.
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:
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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