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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.49
সেইগুণ লঞা প্রভু তাঁরে তুষ্ট হইলা ।
অন্যের দুর্লভ প্রসাদ তাঁহারে করিলা ॥ ৪৯ ॥
sei-guṇa lañā prabhu tāṅre tuṣṭa ha-ilā
anyera durlabha prasāda tāṅhāre karilā
Because of this quality, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu satisfied him with mercy not attainable by anyone else.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu responded to a quality in the recipient by bestowing mercy.
His mercy satisfied the recipient.
The mercy is described as not attainable by anyone else, emphasizing how exceptional this gift was.
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:
Because of this, he received the shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī. When Kavi-karṇapūra was only seven years old, he was initiated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu into the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 16
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