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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 13.20
তাতে শয়ন করেন প্রভু, — দেখি’ সবে সুখী ।
জগদানন্দ — ভিতরে ক্রোধ বাহিরে মহাদুঃখী ॥ ২০ ॥
tāte śayana karena prabhu, — dekhi’ sabe sukhī
jagadānanda — bhitare krodha bāhire mahā-duḥkhī
Everyone was happy to see the Lord lie down on that bed, but Jagadānanda was inwardly angry, and externally he appeared very unhappy.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Everyone was happy to see the Lord lie down on the bed.
Jagadānanda, however, was inwardly angry.
His outward appearance also showed great unhappiness, contrasting with the happiness around him.
Concern and affectionate restraint. Devotees seek to care for the Lord while He maintains His renounced practice.
The mood of Antya 13 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:
The Lord, however, did not accept them. Then Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī made another pillow and quilt from finely shredded plantain leaves, and after strongly objecting, the Lord accepted them.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 13
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I recognize my own unhappiness even when those around me are pleased?
Pause today to name honestly one feeling you are carrying inwardly.
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