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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.27
পূজা-নির্বাহণ হৈলে পাছে করেন বিসর্জন ।
তরজার না জানি অর্থ, কিবা তাঁর মন ॥ ২৭ ॥
pūjā-nirvāhaṇa haile pāche karena visarjana
tarajāra nā jāni artha, kibā tāṅra mana
“After the worship is completed, He sends the Deity somewhere else. I do not know the meaning of this sonnet, nor do I know what is in Advaita Prabhu’s mind.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu says that after completing the worship, Advaita Ācārya sends the Deity somewhere else.
The Lord then says that He does not know the meaning of the sonnet.
He also says that He does not know what is in Advaita Prabhu’s mind. His words leave the intended meaning unexplained.
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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Can I leave a meaning unresolved rather than assume I know another’s intention?
Write down what this verse explicitly says, keeping it separate from any guesses about the sonnet.
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