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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.40
‘দুঃখ পাঞা আসিয়াছে’ — এই প্রভুর বাক্য শুনি’ ।
জানিলা ‘সর্বজ্ঞ প্রভু’ — এত অনুমানি’ ॥ ৪০ ॥
‘duḥkha pāñā āsiyāche’ — ei prabhura vākya śuni’
jānilā ‘sarvajña prabhu’ — eta anumāni’
When Śrīkānta Sena heard the Lord say “He is distressed,” he could understand that the Lord is omniscient.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrīkānta Sena heard the Lord say that he was distressed.
The Lord’s recognition of his inner condition made a deep impression on him.
From those words, Śrīkānta understood that the Lord is omniscient.
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.
What does the Lord’s knowledge of Śrīkānta’s distress invite me to reflect on?
Spend a quiet moment reflecting on the Lord’s knowledge of Śrīkānta’s unspoken distress.
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