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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.42
শিবানন্দে কহিহ, — আমি এই পৌষ-মাসে ।
আচম্বিতে অবশ্য আমি যাইব তাঁর পাশে ॥ ৪২ ॥
śivānande kahiha, — āmi ei pauṣa-māse
ācambite avaśya āmi yāiba tāṅra pāśe
“Please inform Śivānanda Sena that in the month of Pauṣa [December-January] I shall certainly go to his home.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Śrīkānta Sena to inform Śivānanda Sena of His visit.
He said He would go to Śivānanda Sena’s home in the month of Pauṣa, December–January.
The Lord made His promise definite by saying He would certainly go.
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
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How does the word “certainly” shape your understanding of this message?
Write the three details of the message: who should be informed, when the visit would occur, and where the Lord would go.
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