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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 13.59
ঐছে চৈতন্যনিষ্ঠা যোগ্য তোমাতে ।
তুমি না দেখাইলে ইহা শিখিব কেমতে ? ৫৯ ।। ॥ ৫৯ ॥
aiche caitanya-niṣṭhā yogya tomāte
tumi nā dekhāile ihā śikhiba ke-mate?
“This faith in Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu quite befits you. Unless you demonstrate it, how could I learn such faith?
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sanātana Gosvāmī says that such faith in Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu quite befits Jagadānanda Paṇḍita.
He sees Jagadānanda Paṇḍita’s response as a demonstration of that faith.
Sanātana Gosvāmī humbly asks how he could learn such faith unless Jagadānanda Paṇḍita demonstrated it.
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:
When Jagadānanda returned to Jagannātha Purī, he presented Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with some gifts from Sanātana Gosvāmī, and the incident of the pīlu fruit took place. Once, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became ecstatic upon hearing the songs of a deva-dāsī.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.
Whose example helps me understand faith in Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Write down one thing you can learn from Jagadānanda Paṇḍita’s faith.
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