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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.65
সে বৎসর শিবানন্দ পত্নী লঞা আইলা ।
‘পুরীদাস’-ছোটপুত্রে সঙ্গেতে আনিলা ॥ ৬৫ ॥
se vatsara śivānanda patnī lañā āilā
‘purī-dāsa’-choṭa-putre saṅgete ānilā
That year, Śivānanda Sena brought with him his wife and youngest son, Purī dāsa.
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That year, Śivānanda Sena brought his wife and youngest son with him.
His youngest son was Purī dāsa, the boy described in the following verses.
The family’s visit gave the boy an opportunity to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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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