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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.26
‘আদিবস্যা’ এই স্ত্রীরে না কর বর্জন ।
করুক যথেষ্ট জগন্নাথ দরশন ॥ ২৬ ॥
‘ādi-vasyā’ ei strīre nā kara varjana
karuka yatheṣṭa jagannātha daraśana
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said to Govinda, “O ādi-vasyā [uncivilized man], do not forbid this woman to climb the Garuḍa-stambha. Let her see Lord Jagannātha to her satisfaction.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu addressed Govinda as ādi-vasyā, translated here as “uncivilized man.”
He told Govinda not to forbid the woman to climb the Garuḍa-stambha.
His instruction was to let her see Lord Jagannātha to her satisfaction.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Intense yearning. Darśana, dreams, and visions of Vraja bring overwhelming separation.
The mood of Antya 14 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 He was standing near the Garuḍa-stambha and praying to Lord Jagannātha, a woman from Orissa put her foot on the Lord’s shoulder in her great eagerness to see Lord Jagannātha. Govinda chastised her for this, but Caitanya Mahāprabhu praised her eagerness.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 14
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to me about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s wish that she see Lord Jagannātha?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on His words: “Let her see Lord Jagannātha to her satisfaction.”
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