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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.24
তবে কালিদাস শ্লোক পড়ি’ শুনাইল ।
শুনি’ ঝড়ু-ঠাকুরের বড় সুখ হইল ॥ ২৪ ॥
tabe kālidāsa śloka paḍi’ śunāila
śuni’ jhaḍu-ṭhākurera baḍa sukha ha-ila
Kālidāsa then recited some verses, which Jhaḍu Ṭhākura was very happy to hear.
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After Jhaḍu Ṭhākura’s reply, Kālidāsa recited some verses.
Jhaḍu Ṭhākura was very happy to hear them.
This verse records the joy of hearing, without giving the content of the verses recited.
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:
Kālidāsa had tasted the remnants of food of all the Vaiṣṇavas in Bengal, even Jhaḍu Ṭhākura. Because of this, he received the shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 16
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