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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.87
যে কহে, — ‘চৈতন্য-মহিমা মোর গোচর হয়’ ।
সে জানুক, মোর পুনঃ এই ত’ নিশ্চয় ॥ ৮৭ ॥
ye kahe, — ‘caitanya-mahimā mora gocara haya’
se jānuka, mora punaḥ ei ta’ niścaya
“One may say that he understands the glories of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He may know whatever he may know, but as far as I am concerned, this is my conclusion.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Someone may claim to understand the glories of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
The speaker leaves others’ understanding to them and presents his own conclusion.
The following statement expresses the limits of his understanding: he cannot conceive the greatness of the Lord’s pastimes or even understand a drop of them.
Steadfast compassion. Haridāsa’s spiritual conviction and the reach of the holy name confront prejudice and temptation.
The mood of Antya 3 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:
Thus, following the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Dāmodara Paṇḍita went to Navadvīpa, taking with him all kinds of prasādam from Lord Jagannātha. On another occasion, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu once inquired from Haridāsa Ṭhākura, who was known as Brahma Haridāsa, how the yavanas, or persons bereft of Vedic culture, would be delivered in Kali-yuga .Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 3
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can you appreciate Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s glories without claiming to understand them fully?
Write one sentence about a glory of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu described in this passage, while acknowledging the limits of your understanding.
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