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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.29
শুনিয়া বিস্মিত হইলা সব ভক্তগণ ।
স্বরূপ-গোসাঞি কিছু হইলা বিমন ॥ ২৯ ॥
śuniyā vismita ha-ilā saba bhakta-gaṇa
svarūpa-gosāñi kichu ha-ilā vimana
Hearing this, all the devotees were astonished, especially Svarūpa Dāmodara, who became somewhat morose.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
All the devotees are astonished on hearing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s words.
Svarūpa Dāmodara is especially affected.
He becomes somewhat morose. The verse records his sadness without explaining his thoughts.
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:
To stop this, Svarūpa Dāmodara asked Śaṅkara Paṇḍita to stay at night in the same room with the Lord. 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.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 notice someone’s sadness without assuming I know everything behind it?
Pause over Svarūpa Dāmodara’s response and write one sentence describing only what the verse reveals.
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