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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.108
মহিষীর গীত যেন ‘দশমে’র শেষে ।
পণ্ডিতে না বুঝে তার অর্থবিশেষে ॥ ১০৮ ॥
mahiṣīra gīta yena ‘daśame’ra śeṣe
paṇḍite nā bujhe tāra artha-viśeṣe
The songs of the queens at Dvārakā, which are mentioned at the end of the Tenth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, have a very special meaning. They are not understood even by the most learned scholars.
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The songs of the queens at Dvārakā have a very special meaning.
Even the most learned scholars do not understand these songs.
These songs appear at the end of the Tenth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. The purport identifies them as verses 15–24 of the ninetieth chapter.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Longing beyond ordinary categories. Extreme separation alternates with moments of visionary encounter.
The mood of Antya 19 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:
This chapter further describes how Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entered the Jagannātha-vallabha garden during the full-moon night of Vaiśākha (April-May) and experienced various transcendental ecstasies. Overwhelmed with ecstatic love at suddenly seeing Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa beneath an aśoka tree, He exhibited various symptoms of spiritual madness.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 19
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I respect the depth of these songs without assuming that learning alone will reveal their meaning?
Write down one reminder from this verse: “These songs have a meaning beyond scholarly understanding alone.”
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