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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.60
এত শুনি’ স্বরূপ-গোসাঞি সব তত্ত্ব জানি’ ।
জালিয়ারে কিছু কয় সুমধুর বাণী ॥ ৬০ ॥
eta śuni’ svarūpa-gosāñi saba tattva jāni’
jāliyāre kichu kaya sumadhura vāṇī
Hearing this, Svarūpa Dāmodara could understand the full truth of the matter. He spoke sweetly to the fisherman.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Svarūpa Dāmodara listens to the fisherman’s account.
On hearing it, he understands the full truth of the matter.
He speaks sweetly to the fisherman rather than responding harshly to his fear.
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:
After some inquiries, Svarūpa Dāmodara could understand that the fisherman had caught Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in his net. Since the fisherman was afraid of being haunted by a ghost, Svarūpa Dāmodara gave him a slap and chanted Hare Kṛṣṇa, which immediately pacified him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 18
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might a gentle response help someone who is afraid?
Listen without interrupting when someone shares a concern today, then answer gently.
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