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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.22
চৈতন্যের আবেশ হয় নকুলের দেহে ।
শুনি’ শিবানন্দ আইলা করিয়া সন্দেহে ॥ ২২ ॥
caitanyera āveśa haya nakulera dehe
śuni’ śivānanda āilā kariyā sandehe
When Śivānanda Sena heard that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had entered the body of Nakula Brahmacārī, he went there with doubts in his mind.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śivānanda Sena heard that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had entered the body of Nakula Brahmacārī.
He went to see Nakula Brahmacārī after hearing this report.
He approached with doubts in his mind; the next verse explains his desire to test Nakula Brahmacārī’s authenticity.
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:
Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, the author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, wanted to explain direct meetings with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, meetings with those empowered by Him, and His āvirbhāva appearance. Thus he described the glories of Nṛsiṁhānanda and other devotees.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 2
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When I have doubts about something I hear, am I willing to examine it carefully?
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