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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.103
প্রথম পরিচ্ছেদে — রূপের দ্বিতীয়-মিলন ।
তার মধ্যে দুইনাটকের বিধান-শ্রবণ ॥ ১০৩ ॥
prathama paricchede — rūpera dvitīya-milana
tāra madhye dui-nāṭakera vidhāna-śravaṇa
The first chapter describes how Rūpa Gosvāmī met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for the second time and how the Lord heard his two dramas [Vidagdha-mādhava and Lalita-mādhava].
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The first chapter describes Rūpa Gosvāmī’s second meeting with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
At this meeting, the Lord heard Rūpa Gosvāmī’s two dramas.
The dramas are named Vidagdha-mādhava and Lalita-mādhava.
Unconditional devotion. Eight prayers move from cleansing the heart to love that endures even without reciprocation.
The mood of Antya 20 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:
For the twelve years Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lived at Jagannātha Purī, He relished the taste of reciting such transcendental verses. Altogether the Lord was present in this mortal world for forty-eight years.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 20
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What helps me listen attentively when hearing about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Read this translation aloud once, giving careful attention to the meeting and the two dramas.
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