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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.23
তরজা শুনি’ মহাপ্রভু ঈষত্ হাসিলা ।
‘তাঁর যেই আজ্ঞা’ — বলি’ মৌন ধরিলা ॥ ২৩ ॥
tarajā śuni’ mahāprabhu īṣat hāsilā
‘tāṅra yei ājñā’ — bali’ mauna dharilā
After hearing the equivocal sonnet by Advaita Ācārya, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu quietly smiled. “That is His order,” He said. Then He fell silent.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard Advaita Ācārya’s equivocal sonnet.
He quietly smiled and said, “That is His order.”
He then fell silent, without explaining the sonnet’s meaning in this verse.
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:
After one such visit, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita returned to Purī with a sonnet that Advaita Ācārya had written. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu read it, His ecstasy was so great that all the devotees feared that the Lord would very soon pass away.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 19
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