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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.108
রূপ যৈছে দুই নাটক করিয়াছে আরম্ভে ।
শুনিতে আনন্দ বাড়ে যার মুখবন্ধে ।।” ১০৮ ।। ॥ ১০৮ ॥
rūpa yaiche dui nāṭaka kariyāche ārambhe
śunite ānanda bāḍe yāra mukha-bandhe”
“The standard for writing dramas has been set by Rūpa Gosvāmī. If a devotee hears the introductory portions of his two dramas, they enhance his transcendental pleasure.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Rūpa Gosvāmī has set the standard for writing dramas.
The introductory portions of his two dramas are specifically praised.
When a devotee hears these introductory portions, they enhance the devotee’s transcendental pleasure.
Humility and discernment. The Lord directs a seeker to Rāmānanda and clarifies genuine spiritual qualification.
The mood of Antya 5 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:
Then Pradyumna Miśra went to see Rāmānanda Rāya again to hear about the transcendental truth from him. A brāhmaṇa from Bengal composed a drama about the activities of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and went to Jagannātha Purī to show it to the associates of the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 5
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can the standard praised here guide my choice of devotional literature?
If available, read or hear a short passage from the introductory portion of one of Rūpa Gosvāmī’s two dramas today.
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