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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.23
পরীক্ষা করিতে তাঁর যবে ইচ্ছা হৈল ।
বাহিরে রহিয়া তবে বিচার করিল ॥ ২৩ ॥
parīkṣā karite tāṅra yabe icchā haila
bāhire rahiyā tabe vicāra karila
Desiring to test the authenticity of Nakula Brahmacārī, he stayed outside, thinking as follows.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śivānanda Sena desired to test the authenticity of Nakula Brahmacārī.
He stayed outside rather than immediately approaching him.
He considered a test inwardly, as the following verses explain.
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:
The purport of this chapter is explained by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya as follows. 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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 2
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What can I learn from Śivānanda Sena’s pause to consider authenticity?
Pause before reading onward and summarize in one sentence why Śivānanda Sena stayed outside.
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