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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.82
শিবানন্দের প্রেমসীমা কে কহিতে পারে ? যাঁর প্রেমে বশ প্রভু আইসে বারে বারে ॥ ৮২ ॥
śivānandera prema-sīmā ke kahite pāre?
yāṅra preme vaśa prabhu āise bāre bāre
Influenced by the loving affairs of Śivānanda Sena, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came again and again. Therefore who can estimate the limits of his love?
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was influenced by the loving affairs of Śivānanda Sena.
In response to that love, the Lord came again and again.
The question about estimating the limits of Śivānanda Sena’s love expresses wonder at its greatness.
Sorrow and uncompromising discipline. Junior Haridāsa’s exclusion and death present an ethically painful episode.
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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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In this verse: “love”
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What inspires you about love that draws the Lord again and again?
Read this verse slowly and spend a minute appreciating Śivānanda Sena’s love for the Lord.
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