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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.83
এই ত’ কহিলু গৌরের ‘আবির্ভাব’ ।
ইহা যেই শুনে, জানে চৈতন্য-প্রভাব ॥ ৮৩ ॥
ei ta’ kahilu gaurera ‘āvirbhāva’
ihā yei śune, jāne caitanya-prabhāva
Thus I have described the appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Anyone who hears about these incidents can understand the transcendental opulence of the Lord.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The author concludes this account of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s appearance.
He states that anyone who hears these incidents can understand the Lord’s transcendental opulence.
The preceding accounts of the Lord’s appearances therefore offer an opportunity to understand His greatness through hearing.
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:
Because of this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu rejected Junior Haridāsa, and despite all the requests of the Lord’s stalwart devotees, the Lord did not accept him again. One year after this incident, Junior Haridāsa went to the confluence of the Ganges and Yamunā and committed suicide.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 2
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What have these accounts helped you understand about the Lord’s greatness?
Read one of these accounts aloud today, listening carefully to what it reveals about the Lord.
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