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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.167
কাহাঁ তুমি — প্রামাণিক, শাস্ত্রে প্রবীণ ! কাহাঁ জগা — কালিকার বটুয়া নবীন ! ১৬৭ ।। ॥ ১৬৭ ॥
kāhāṅ tumi — prāmāṇika, śāstre pravīṇa!
kāhāṅ jagā — kālikāra baṭuyā navīna!
“You are an experienced authority in the śāstras, whereas Jagā is just a young boy.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recognizes Sanātana as an experienced authority in the śāstras.
He describes Jagā, by contrast, as just a young boy.
This difference in experience explains His concern about Jagā advising Sanātana.
Despair met with care. Sanātana’s wish to die is interrupted by the Lord’s protective insistence on his future service.
The mood of Antya 4 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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu informed Sanātana Gosvāmī that because Sanātana was a pure devotee, the Lord was never inconvenienced by his bodily condition. Because the Lord was a sannyāsī, He did not consider one body better than another.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does recognizing another person’s scriptural experience affect the way I speak to them?
When speaking with someone experienced in the śāstras today, listen carefully before offering your own view.
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