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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 1.71
দুই ‘নান্দী’ ‘প্রস্তাবনা’, দুই ‘সংঘটনা’ ।
পৃথক্ করিয়া লিখি করিয়া ভাবনা ॥ ৭১ ॥
dui ‘nāndī’ ‘prastāvanā’, dui ‘saṁghaṭanā’
pṛthak kariyā likhi kariyā bhāvanā
“I shall write two separate invocations of good fortune and two different introductions. Let me think deeply about the matter and then describe two different sets of incidents.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Rūpa Gosvāmī planned two separate invocations of good fortune and two different introductions.
He wanted to think deeply before describing the two different sets of incidents.
The Vidagdha-mādhava describes pastimes in Vṛndāvana. The Lalita-mādhava describes pastimes in Dvārakā and Mathurā.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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 does Rūpa Gosvāmī’s plan show care for both the content and structure of his writing?
Write the names Vidagdha-mādhava and Lalita-mādhava, placing the locations of their pastimes beside each.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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