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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.24
জানিয়াও স্বরূপ গোসাঞি প্রভুরে পুছিল ।
‘এই তরজার অর্থ বুঝিতে নারিল’ ॥ ২৪ ॥
jāniyāo svarūpa gosāñi prabhure puchila
‘ei tarajāra artha bujhite nārila’
Although he knew the secret, Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī inquired from the Lord, “What is the meaning of this sonnet? I could not understand it.”
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Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī already knew the secret of the sonnet.
Nevertheless, he asked the Lord what the sonnet meant.
He said, “I could not understand it,” inviting the Lord to explain rather than giving his own explanation.
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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