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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.36
এত বলি শ্রীকান্ত, বালক আগে চলি’ যান ।
সঙ্গ ছাড়ি’ আগে গেলা মহাপ্রভুর স্থান ॥ ৩৬ ॥
eta bali’ śrīkānta, bālaka āge cali’ yāna
saṅga chāḍi’ āge gelā mahāprabhura sthāna
After saying this, Śrīkānta, who was only a boy, left the group and traveled on alone to the residence of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrīkānta was only a boy when this happened.
After expressing his complaint, he left the group and traveled alone.
He went to the residence of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who later acknowledged his distressed state.
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.
How did Śrīkānta’s distress shape what he did next?
Reflect for a moment on how an upset feeling has influenced one of your recent decisions.
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