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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.28
মহাযোগেশ্বর আচার্য — তরজাতে সমর্থ ।
আমিহ বুঝিতে নারি তরজার অর্থ ।।’ ২৮ ।। ॥ ২৮ ॥
mahā-yogeśvara ācārya — tarajāte samartha
āmiha bujhite nāri tarajāra artha’
“Advaita Ācārya is a great mystic. No one can understand Him. He is expert in writing sonnets that even I Myself cannot understand.”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu describes Advaita Ācārya as a great mystic.
He says that no one can understand Advaita Ācārya.
The Lord praises His expertise in writing sonnets, saying that even He Himself cannot understand them.
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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How do I respond when the words of a great devotee are beyond my understanding?
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