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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 1.85
সেই শ্লোক লঞা প্রভু স্বরূপে দেখাইলা ।
স্বরূপের পরীক্ষা লাগি’ তাঁহারে পুছিলা ॥ ৮৫ ॥
sei śloka lañā prabhu svarūpe dekhāilā
svarūpera parīkṣā lāgi’ tāṅhāre puchilā
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took that verse and showed it to Svarūpa Dāmodara for him to examine. Then the Lord questioned him.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took the verse and showed it to Svarūpa Dāmodara.
He asked Svarūpa Dāmodara to examine it, giving attention to what Rūpa Gosvāmī had expressed.
The Lord then questioned him. In the next verse, His question concerns how Rūpa Gosvāmī understood His heart.
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:
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī composed an important verse beginning with the words priyaḥ so ’yam, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu relished it very much. One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Rāmānanda Rāya, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and others went to the place of Haridāsa Ṭhākura and heard some of the verses Rūpa Gosvāmī had composed for his books Lalita-mādhava and Vidagdha-mādhava.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 1
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Reread this translation and identify the Lord’s three actions: taking, showing, and questioning.
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