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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.78
শুনি’ ভক্তগণ মনে আশ্চর্য মানিল ।
শিবানন্দের মনে তবে প্রত্যয় জন্মিল ॥ ৭৮ ॥
śuni’ bhakta-gaṇa mane āścarya mānila
śivānandera mane tabe pratyaya janmila
Hearing this, all the devotees were struck with wonder, and Śivānanda became confident that the incident was true.
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All the devotees were struck with wonder when they heard the Lord’s words.
His recollection of the meal made Śivānanda confident that the incident was true.
The Lord’s own account confirmed that He had accepted Nṛsiṁhānanda’s preparations.
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:
Śrīla Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, the secretary of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, forbid Bhagavān Ācārya to indulge in hearing that commentary. Later, when Junior Haridāsa, following the order of Bhagavān Ācārya, went to collect alms from Mādhavīdevī, he committed an offense by talking intimately with a woman although he was in the renounced order.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 2
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What stands out to you about Śivānanda becoming confident through the Lord’s words?
Read the Lord’s statement in the preceding verse again, then note what it confirmed for Śivānanda.
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