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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.21
শুনি’ শিবানন্দের পত্নী কান্দিতে লাগিলা ।
হেনকালে শিবানন্দ ঘাটী হৈতে আইলা ॥ ২১ ॥
śuni’ śivānandera patnī kāndite lāgilā
hena-kāle śivānanda ghāṭī haite āilā
Hearing this curse, Śivānanda Sena’s wife began to cry. Just then, Śivānanda returned from the toll station.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śivānanda Sena’s wife heard the curse upon her sons.
Hearing it, she began to cry.
At that very moment, Śivānanda returned from the toll station, where he had stayed to pay the taxes.
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:
As usual, the leader was Śivānanda Sena, who traveled with his wife and children. Because arrangements were delayed en route and Lord Nityānanda did not have a suitable place to reside, He became somewhat disturbed.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.
How carefully do I notice another person’s distress?
Give someone who is upset a quiet moment of your attention.
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