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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.84
সেহ বলে, — ‘এই দেখ শ্রীপুরুষোত্তম ।
নেত্র ভরিয়া তুমি করহ দরশন ।।’ ৮৪ ।। ॥ ৮৪ ॥
seha bale, — ‘ei dekha śrī-puruṣottama
netra bhariyā tumi karaha daraśana’
“Just see!” the doorkeeper said. “Here is the best of the Personalities of Godhead. From here You may see the Lord to the full satisfaction of Your eyes.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The doorkeeper directs the Lord’s attention with the words “Just see!”
He identifies the Lord before them as the best of the Personalities of Godhead.
He says that from this place the Lord may be seen to the full satisfaction of the eyes.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What might it mean to look upon the Lord with the desire to find full satisfaction?
Reread the doorkeeper’s invitation and spend a quiet moment considering the joy of seeing Lord Jagannātha.
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