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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.120
দ্বাদশে — জগদানন্দের তৈল-ভঞ্জন ।
নিত্যানন্দ কৈলা শিবানন্দেরে তাড়ণ ॥ ১২০ ॥
dvādaśe — jagadānandera taila-bhañjana
nityānanda kailā śivānandere tāḍana
In the twelfth chapter are descriptions of how Jagadānanda Paṇḍita broke a pot of oil and how Lord Nityānanda chastised Śivānanda Sena.
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The twelfth chapter describes how Jagadānanda Paṇḍita broke a pot of oil.
It also describes how Lord Nityānanda chastised Śivānanda Sena.
This brief summary names the events without explaining why the pot was broken or why the chastisement occurred.
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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
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