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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 12.110
এই কথা গোবিন্দ জগদানন্দেরে কহিল ।
মৌন করি’ রহিল পণ্ডিত, কিছু না কহিল ॥ ১১০ ॥
ei kathā govinda jagadānandere kahila
mauna kari’ rahila paṇḍita, kichu nā kahila
When Govinda informed Jagadānanda Paṇḍita of this message, Jagadānanda remained silent, not saying even a word.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Govinda conveyed the Lord’s message to Jagadānanda Paṇḍita.
Jagadānanda remained silent and did not say even one word.
The verse records his silence without explaining his thoughts or feelings.
Loving anger and reconciliation. Jagadānanda’s hurt over rejected oil is healed through personal service and prasāda.
The mood of Antya 12 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 year before, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita had been sent to Śacīmātā with prasādam and cloth. This year he returned to Purī with a big pot of floral-scented sandalwood oil to massage the Lord’s head.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 12
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I avoid assuming what someone else’s silence means?
If someone is quiet today, give them space rather than assigning a motive to their silence.
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