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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.47
“অতঃপর আর না করিহ পুনর্বার ।
এতাবতা বাঞ্ছা-পূরণ করিলুঁ তোমার ।।” ৪৭ ॥ ৪৭ ॥
“ataḥpara āra nā kariha punar-bāra
etāvatā vāñchā-pūraṇa kariluṅ tomāra”
“Do not act in this way any more. I have fulfilled your desire as far as possible.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu told Kālidāsa not to act in this way any more.
He said that He had fulfilled Kālidāsa’s desire as far as possible.
His words both acknowledged Kālidāsa’s desire and set a limit on taking more water.
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.
How might you receive a limit with gratitude for what has already been given?
Name one thing you have received today, and pause to appreciate it without asking for more.
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