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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.167
এইমত লীলা করে শচীর নন্দন ।
যাহা শুনি’ ভক্তগণের যুড়ায় কর্ণ-মন ॥ ১৬৭ ॥
ei-mata līlā kare śacīra nandana
yāhā śuni’ bhakta-gaṇera yuḍāya karṇa-mana
In this way, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the son of mother Śacī, performs His pastimes, which greatly satisfy the ears and minds of pure devotees who hear about them.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is identified here as the son of mother Śacī.
His pastimes greatly satisfy the ears of pure devotees who hear about them.
This hearing also satisfies their minds; the verse emphasizes the devotees’ inward response.
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:
In his spiritual body, however, he continued to sing devotional songs, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard them. When the Vaiṣṇavas of Bengal went to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, these incidents became known to Svarūpa Dāmodara and others.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 2
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How attentive is my mind when I hear about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
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