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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.39
সেই কালিদাস যবে নীলাচলে আইলা ।
মহাপ্রভু তাঁর উপর মহাকৃপা কৈলা ॥ ৩৯ ॥
sei kālidāsa yabe nīlācale āilā
mahāprabhu tāṅra upara mahā-kṛpā kailā
When Kālidāsa visited Jagannātha Purī, Nīlācala, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bestowed great mercy upon him.
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Kālidāsa visited Jagannātha Purī, also called Nīlācala.
There, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bestowed great mercy upon him.
This statement follows the account of Kālidāsa eating the remnants of the Vaiṣṇavas in Bengal.
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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What feeling arises as you read that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bestowed great mercy upon Kālidāsa?
Pause today to remember Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s great mercy upon Kālidāsa.
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