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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.7
সাক্ষাৎ-দর্শনে সব জগৎ তারিলা ।
একবার যে দেখিলা, সে কৃতার্থ হইলা ॥ ৭ ॥
sākṣāt-darśane saba jagat tārilā
eka-bāra ye dekhilā, se kṛtārtha ha-ilā
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was personally present, anyone in the world who met Him even once was fully satisfied and became spiritually advanced.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was personally present, meeting Him had a profound effect.
Anyone in the world who met Him even once became fully satisfied.
That meeting also brought spiritual advancement; the verse describes both satisfaction and spiritual growth.
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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How does the pairing of full satisfaction and spiritual advancement shape your understanding of meeting the Lord?
Reread the translation today and note the two results of meeting Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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