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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 20.118
তার মধ্যে গোবিন্দের কৈলা পরীক্ষণ! তার মধ্যে পরিমুণ্ডা-নৃত্যের বর্ণন ॥ ১১৮ ॥
tāra madhye govindera kailā parīkṣaṇa
tāra madhye parimuṇḍā-nṛtyera varṇana
Also in that chapter is a description of how the Lord examined Govinda and how He danced in the temple.
Read this verse on Vedabase.ioThis verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.
Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The tenth chapter also describes how the Lord examined Govinda.
The same chapter tells how He danced in the temple.
Alongside His tasting the devotees’ food, these events form part of the chapter’s account of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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:
Altogether the Lord was present in this mortal world for forty-eight years. After hinting about the Lord’s disappearance, the author of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta gives a short description of the entire Antya-līlā and then ends his book.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.
Which account would you like to understand better: the Lord’s examination of Govinda or His dancing in the temple?
Write down the two events named in this verse as a simple reading reminder.
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