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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.38
এক বৎসর তেঁহো প্রথম একেশ্বর ।
প্রভু দেখিবারে আইলা উৎকণ্ঠা-অন্তর ॥ ৩৮ ॥
eka vatsara teṅho prathama ekeśvara
prabhu dekhibāre āilā utkaṇṭhā-antara
One year, Śrīkānta Sena came alone to Jagannātha Purī in great eagerness to see the Lord.
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One year, Śrīkānta Sena came to Jagannātha Purī.
He made this visit alone.
He came with great eagerness to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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:
Thus he described the glories of Nṛsiṁhānanda and other devotees. A devotee named Bhagavān Ācārya was exceptionally faithful to the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 2
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about Śrīkānta Sena’s eagerness to see the Lord?
Set aside a quiet moment to read about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, remembering Śrīkānta Sena’s eagerness.
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