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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.6
সেই সেই ভাবে নিজ-েই সেই সেই ভাবে নিজ শ্লোক পড়িয়া ।
শ্লোকের অর্থ আস্বাদয়ে দুইবন্ধু লঞা ॥ ৬ ॥
sei sei bhāve nija-śloka paḍiyā
ślokera artha āsvādaye dui-bandhu lañā
He would recite His own verses, expressing their meanings and emotions, and thus enjoy tasting them with these two friends.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would recite His own verses.
As He recited, He expressed their meanings and emotions.
He enjoyed tasting these verses with His two friends, Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Rāmānanda Rāya.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu passed His nights tasting the meaning of the Śikṣāṣṭaka prayers in the company of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Rāmānanda Rāya. Sometimes He recited verses from Jayadeva Gosvāmī’s Gīta-govinda, from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, from Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya’s Jagannātha-vallabha-nāṭaka or from Śrī Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura’s Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 20
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