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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.4
জয় স্বরূপ, শ্রীবাসাদি প্রভুভক্তগণ ।
শক্তি দেহ’, — করি যেন চৈতন্যবর্ণন ॥ ৪ ॥
jaya svarūpa, śrīvāsādi prabhu-bhakta-gaṇa
śakti deha’, — kari yena caitanya-varṇana
All glories to Svarūpa Dāmodara and all the other devotees, headed by Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura! Please give me the strength to describe the character of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The author glorifies Svarūpa Dāmodara.
He also offers all glories to the other devotees, headed by Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura.
He asks these devotees for strength to describe the character of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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:
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives the following summary of the fourteenth chapter . Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa resulted in highly elevated transcendental madness.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 14
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What can I learn from the author’s request for strength?
Before studying today, offer a brief prayer for strength to understand and describe Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s character.
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