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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.113
শ্লোক শুনি’ সর্বলোক তাহারে বাখানে ।
স্বরূপ কহে, — ‘এই শ্লোক করহ ব্যাখ্যানে’ ॥ ১১৩ ॥
śloka śuni’ sarva-loka tāhāre vākhāne
svarūpa kahe, — ‘ei śloka karaha vyākhyāne’
When everyone present heard the verse, they all commended the poet, but Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī requested him, “Kindly explain this verse.”
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Everyone present commended the poet after hearing his verse.
Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī instead asked him to explain it.
His request turned attention from the listeners’ praise to the meaning the poet intended.
Humility and discernment. The Lord directs a seeker to Rāmānanda and clarifies genuine spiritual qualification.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s secretary, Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, heard the drama, he discerned a tinge of Māyāvāda philosophy and pointed it out to the author. Although Svarūpa Dāmodara condemned the entire drama, by reference to secondary meanings of the introductory verse he nevertheless satisfied the brāhmaṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 5
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