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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.21
পবিত্র হইনু মুই পাইনু দরশন ।
কৃতার্থ হইনু, মোর সফল জীবন ॥ ২১ ॥
pavitra ha-inu mui pāinu daraśana
kṛtārtha ha-inu, mora saphala jīvana
“Simply by seeing you, I have become purified. I am very much obligated to you, for my life is now successful.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kālidāsa said that simply seeing Jhaḍu Ṭhākura had purified him.
He felt deeply obligated to Jhaḍu Ṭhākura for this gift.
He declared that his life was now successful.
Sweetness amidst longing. Jagannātha’s prasādam awakens intense awareness of Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness.
The mood of Antya 16 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 the Bengali devotees of the Lord returned to Jagannātha Purī, a gentleman named Kālidāsa, who was an uncle of Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, went with them to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Kālidāsa had tasted the remnants of food of all the Vaiṣṇavas in Bengal, even Jhaḍu Ṭhākura.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 16
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I feel gratitude for association that helps purify my life?
Take a moment today to express gratitude to someone whose association has helped you spiritually.
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