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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.76
যে কিছু কহিলুঁ এই দিগ্দরশন ।
এই অনুসারে হবে তার আস্বাদন ॥ ৭৬ ॥
ye kichu kahiluṅ ei dig-daraśana
ei anusāre habe tāra āsvādana
What I have described gives merely an indication, but by following this indication one may obtain a taste of all the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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The author describes his account as merely an indication of the pastimes.
By following this indication, a reader may obtain a taste of all the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Although the description is not exhaustive, it offers the reader a way to taste what it describes.
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
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might you read more attentively, knowing that even an indication can offer a taste?
Choose one sentence from today’s reading and reread it slowly, giving its meaning your full attention.
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