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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.51
শুনি’ ব্রহ্মচারী কহে, — ‘করহ সন্তোষে ।
আমি ত’ আনিব তাঁরে তৃতীয় দিবসে ।।” ৫১ ।। ॥ ৫১ ॥
śuni’ brahmacārī kahe, — ‘karaha santoṣe
āmi ta’ āniba tāṅre tṛtīya divase’
Hearing this, Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī replied, “Please be satisfied. I assure you that I shall bring Him here three days from now.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī heard Śivānanda’s explanation.
He asked them to be satisfied, offering reassurance in their unhappiness.
He assured them that he would bring Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu there three days later.
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.
How did Nṛsiṁhānanda respond to the sorrow he had heard?
Listen carefully to someone’s concern today before offering a comforting response.
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