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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.41
শিবানন্দে লাথি মারিলা, — ইহা না কহিলা ।
এথা সব বৈষ্ণবগণ আসিয়া মিলিলা ॥ ৪১ ॥
śivānande lāthi mārilā, — ihā nā kahilā
ethā saba vaiṣṇava-gaṇa āsiyā mililā
As he described the Vaiṣṇavas, therefore, he did not mention Lord Nityānanda’s kicking Śivānanda Sena. Meanwhile, all the devotees arrived and went to meet the Lord.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
While describing the Vaiṣṇavas, the speaker did not mention Lord Nityānanda’s kicking Śivānanda Sena.
The verse records this omission without explaining it further here.
Meanwhile, all the devotees arrived and went to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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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