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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.66
পুত্র সঙ্গে লঞা তেঁহো আইলা প্রভু-স্থানে ।
পুত্রেরে করাইলা প্রভুর চরণ বন্দনে ॥ ৬৬ ॥
putra saṅge lañā teṅho āilā prabhu-sthāne
putrere karāilā prabhura caraṇa vandane
Taking his son, Śivānanda Sena went to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at His residence. He made his son offer respectful obeisances at the lotus feet of the Lord.
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Śivānanda Sena took his son to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at His residence.
He made his son offer respectful obeisances at the lotus feet of the Lord.
His guidance gave the boy a concrete way to express respect before 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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In this verse: “lotus feet”
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How can your own example help someone learn to offer respect?
Offer respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu today.
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