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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 20.95
পূর্বে গ্রন্থে ইহা করিয়াছি নিবেদন ।
তথাপি লিখিয়ে, শুন ইহার কারণ ॥ ৯৫ ॥
pūrve granthe ihā kariyāchi nivedana
tathāpi likhiye, śuna ihāra kāraṇa
I have previously given an account of my inabilities. Please hear the reason why I nevertheless still write.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The author reminds readers that he has already described his inabilities.
Despite those limitations, he continues to write.
He asks readers to hear his reason. The following verses explain the mercy and order behind his writing.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “mercy”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Are you willing to listen to his explanation before judging how he could continue?
Read the next verses carefully, looking for the reasons the author gives for continuing to write.
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