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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.82
সেহ কহে, — ‘ইঁহা হয় ব্রজেন্দ্রনন্দন ।
আইস তুমি মোর সঙ্গে, করাঙ দরশন ।।’ ৮২ ।। ॥ ৮২ ॥
seha kahe, — ‘iṅhā haya vrajendra-nandana
āisa tumi mora saṅge, karāṅa daraśana’
The doorkeeper replied, “The son of Mahārāja Nanda is here; please come along with me, and I shall show You.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The doorkeeper assures the Lord that the son of Mahārāja Nanda is here.
He invites the Lord to come along with him.
His response offers practical help: he will show the Lord the Kṛṣṇa He seeks.
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 Kavi-karṇapūra was only seven years old, he was initiated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu into the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. He later became the greatest poet among the Vaiṣṇava ācāryas.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.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “nanda”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can you learn from the doorkeeper’s willing response to the Lord’s request?
Reflect for a minute on the doorkeeper’s words, “Please come along with me,” and his readiness to help.
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