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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.162
বর্ষান্তরে শিবানন্দ সব ভক্ত লঞা ।
প্রভুরে মিলিলা আসি’ আনন্দিত হঞা ॥ ১৬২ ॥
varṣāntare śivānanda saba bhakta lañā
prabhure mililā āsi’ ānandita hañā
At the end of the year, Śivānanda Sena came to Jagannātha Purī as usual, accompanied by the other devotees, and thus in great happiness met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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At the end of the year, Śivānanda Sena came to Jagannātha Purī as usual.
The other devotees accompanied him.
He met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in great happiness. The verse highlights the joy of this meeting.
Sorrow and uncompromising discipline. Junior Haridāsa’s exclusion and death present an ethically painful episode.
The mood of Antya 2 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:
One year after this incident, Junior Haridāsa went to the confluence of the Ganges and Yamunā and committed suicide. In his spiritual body, however, he continued to sing devotional songs, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard them.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 2
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about the devotees coming together to meet the Lord?
Read this verse slowly once more, giving attention to the words “in great happiness.”
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