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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Antya 2.24-25
“আপনে বোলান মোরে, ইহা যদি জানি । ॥ ২৪ ॥
“āpane bolāna more, ihā yadi jāni
āmāra iṣṭa-mantra jāni’ kahena āpani
“If Nakula Brahmacārī personally calls me and knows my worshipable mantra, then I shall understand that he is inspired by the presence of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.” Thinking in this way, he stayed some distance apart.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śivānanda Sena thought that Nakula Brahmacārī should personally call him.
He also wanted Nakula Brahmacārī to know his worshipable mantra.
If both conditions were met, he would understand that Nakula Brahmacārī was inspired by the presence of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Thinking this way, he stayed some distance apart.
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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What would convince Śivānanda Sena that Nakula Brahmacārī was inspired by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s presence?
Write down the two parts of Śivānanda Sena’s test, keeping them distinct from any outcome not yet described.
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