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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.40
“অনিষ্টাশঙ্কীনি বন্ধুহৃদয়ানি ভবন্তি হি ।।” ৪০ ।। ॥ ৪০ ॥
“aniṣṭa-śaṅkīni bandhu-hṛdayāni bhavanti hi”
“A relative or intimate friend is always fearful of some injury to his beloved.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
A relative or intimate friend is always fearful of some injury to the beloved.
The statement links this fear with the closeness of the relationship.
The purport identifies the statement as a quotation from the Abhijñāna-śakuntalā-nāṭaka.
Desperate longing and relief. Mistaking the sea for Yamunā, the Lord enters it; devotees find and revive Him.
The mood of Antya 18 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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was unconscious, and His body had become unusually transformed. As soon as the fisherman touched the Lord’s body, he became mad in ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 18
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “relationship”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can remembering someone’s affection help you understand their worry?
Today, gently ask a loved one how they are doing, recognizing the care behind concern for their well-being.
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