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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.116
শুনিয়া সবার হৈল আনন্দিত-মন ।
দুঃখ পাঞা স্বরূপ কহে সক্রোধ বচন ॥ ১১৬ ॥
śuniyā sabāra haila ānandita-mana
duḥkha pāñā svarūpa kahe sakrodha vacana
Hearing this, everyone present was greatly happy. But Svarūpa Dāmodara, who alone was very unhappy, began to speak in great anger.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Everyone present was greatly happy upon hearing the poet’s explanation.
Svarūpa Dāmodara alone was very unhappy and began to speak in great anger.
The verse shows a sharp difference in their responses, but does not yet give his spoken explanation.
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:
Although Svarūpa Dāmodara condemned the entire drama, by reference to secondary meanings of the introductory verse he nevertheless satisfied the brāhmaṇa. That brāhmaṇa poet thus became greatly obliged to Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, renounced his family connections and stayed at Jagannātha Purī with the associates of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.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.
Can I leave room for careful examination even when many people are pleased?
Note the two contrasting responses in this verse, without guessing what Svarūpa Dāmodara will say.
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