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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.32
সেই ধূলি লঞা কালিদাস সর্বাঙ্গে লেপিলা ।
তাঁর নিকট একস্থানে লুকাঞা রহিলা ॥ ৩২ ॥
sei dhūli lañā kālidāsa sarvāṅge lepilā
tāṅra nikaṭa eka-sthāne lukāñā rahilā
Kālidāsa smeared the dust from those footprints all over his body. Then he hid in a place near Jhaḍu Ṭhākura’s home.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kālidāsa takes dust from the footprints left by Jhaḍu Ṭhākura.
He smears that dust all over his body. This act expresses his deep reverence for the devotee.
Afterward, Kālidāsa hides in a place near Jhaḍu Ṭhākura’s home. The verse does not yet explain what he will do there.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Does my respect for devotees find expression in concrete actions?
Offer a respectful bow to a devotee today, remembering Kālidāsa’s reverence.
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