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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Antya 12.46-47
পূর্বে যবে শিবানন্দ প্রভুস্থানে আইলা ।
তবে মহাপ্রভু তাঁরে কহিতে লাগিলা ॥ ৪৬ ॥
pūrve yabe śivānanda prabhu-sthāne āilā
tabe mahāprabhu tāṅre kahite lāgilā
Once before when Śivānanda Sena had visited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at His residence, the Lord had told him, “When this son is born, give him the name Purī dāsa.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
On an earlier visit, Śivānanda Sena had met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at His residence.
The Lord had spoken to him about a son who was yet to be born.
He instructed Śivānanda Sena, “When this son is born, give him the name Purī dāsa.”
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:
That year a devotee named Parameśvara dāsa Modaka also went with his family to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī. The devotees often invited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to eat with them.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 12
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about the Lord giving this instruction before the child’s birth?
Write down the Lord’s naming instruction and read it once with attention.
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