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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.70
শিবানন্দ কহে, — ‘কেনে করহ ফুৎকার ?’ তেঁহ কহে, — “দেখ তোমার প্রভুর ব্যবহার ॥ ৭০ ॥
śivānanda kahe, — ‘kene karaha phutkāra?’
teṅha kahe, — “dekha tomāra prabhura vyavahāra
Śivānanda said to Nṛsiṁhānanda, “Why are you expressing dismay?”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śivānanda noticed Nṛsiṁhānanda’s dismay and asked why he was expressing it.
Nṛsiṁhānanda replied by drawing attention to the behavior of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
His words, “your Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu,” directed Śivānanda to consider what the Lord had done.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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.
When someone expresses concern, do I take time to ask and listen?
If someone seems troubled today, gently ask what is concerning them and listen to their answer.
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