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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.121
ত্রয়োদশে — জগদানন্দ মথুরা যাই’ আইলা ।
মহাপ্রভু দেবদাসীর গীত শুনিলা ॥ ১২১ ॥
trayodaśe — jagadānanda mathurā yāi’ āilā
mahāprabhu deva-dāsīra gīta śunilā
The thirteenth chapter tells how Jagadānanda Paṇḍita went to Mathurā and returned and how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu by chance heard a song sung by a deva-dāsī dancing girl.
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The thirteenth chapter tells how Jagadānanda Paṇḍita went to Mathurā and returned.
It also recounts how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard a song sung by a deva-dāsī dancing girl.
The translation says that His hearing the song happened by chance.
Unconditional devotion. Eight prayers move from cleansing the heart to love that endures even without reciprocation.
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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
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Reread the verse and name its two events: the journey and the hearing of a song.
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