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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 13.78
একদিন প্রভু যমেশ্বর-টোটা যাইতে ।
সেইকালে দেবদাসী লাগিলা গাইতে ॥ ৭৮ ॥
eka-dina prabhu yameśvara-ṭoṭā yāite
sei-kāle deva-dāsī lāgilā gāite
One day when the Lord was going to the temple of Yameśvara, a female singer began to sing in the Jagannātha temple.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was going to the temple of Yameśvara.
At that time, a female singer began singing in the Jagannātha temple.
The following verses describe the sweetness of her song and the Lord’s response on hearing 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.
Do I give attentive space to devotional singing when I hear it?
Set aside a quiet moment today to listen attentively to devotional singing.
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