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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.34
শিবানন্দের ভাগিনা, — শ্রীকান্ত-সেন নাম ।
মামার অগোচরে কহে করি’ অভিমান ॥ ৩৪ ॥
śivānandera bhāginā, — śrīkānta-sena nāma
māmāra agocare kahe kari’ abhimāna
Śivānanda Sena’s nephew, Śrīkānta, the son of his sister, felt offended, and he commented on the matter when his uncle was absent.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrīkānta was Śivānanda Sena’s nephew, the son of his sister.
He felt offended by what had happened to his uncle.
He commented on the matter while his uncle was absent.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When I feel offended on someone else’s behalf, how does that affect my words?
Before commenting on something upsetting today, pause and identify the feeling behind your words.
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