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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 11.107
ভবসিন্ধু তরিবারে আছে যার চিত্ত ।
শ্রদ্ধা করি’ শুন সেই চৈতন্যচরিত্র ॥ ১০৭ ॥
bhava-sindhu taribāre āche yāra citta
śraddhā kari’ śuna sei caitanya-caritra
Anyone who desires to cross over the ocean of nescience, please hear with great faith the life and characteristics of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Anyone who desires to cross the ocean of nescience, or ignorance, is invited to hear about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
The verse asks us to hear with great faith. This faith is central to its invitation.
The focus of hearing is Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s life and characteristics.
Sacred grief and gratitude. The Lord personally honors Haridāsa’s departure and leads the funeral observances.
The mood of Antya 11 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:
He personally entombed the body, covered it with sand and erected a platform on the site. After taking a bath in the sea, He personally begged prasādam of Jagannātha from shopkeepers and distributed prasādam to the assembled devotees.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 11
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I bring greater faith and attention to hearing about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Today, read this translation aloud slowly, attending to its invitation to hear with great faith.
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