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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.23
তেঁহো কহে, — “বাউলি, কেনে মরিস্ কান্দিয়া ? মরুক আমার তিন পুত্র তাঁর বালাই লঞা ।।” ২৩ ।। ॥ ২৩ ॥
teṅho kahe, — “bāuli, kene maris kāndiyā?
maruka āmāra tina putra tāṅra bālāi lañā”
Śivānanda Sena replied, “You crazy woman! Why are you needlessly crying? Let my three sons die for all the inconvenience we have caused Nityānanda Prabhu.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śivānanda Sena sharply questioned his wife’s crying, calling it needless.
He said, “Let my three sons die,” in response to the inconvenience caused to Nityānanda Prabhu.
His reply focused on the inconvenience they had caused, rather than on explaining his delay at the toll station.
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:
Śivānanda Sena felt highly favored to have been kicked by Nityānanda Prabhu, but his nephew Śrīkānta Sena became upset and therefore left their company. He met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī before the rest of the party arrived.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 12
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “crying”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When my responsibilities are delayed, do I acknowledge the inconvenience others experience?
Acknowledge one inconvenience you have caused without immediately offering an excuse.
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