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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.139
ইন্দ্র বলে, — “মুঞি কৃষ্ণের করিয়াছি নিন্দন ।” তারই মুখে সরস্বতী করেন স্তবন ॥ ১৩৯ ॥
indra bale, — “muñi kṛṣṇera kariyāchi nindana”
tāra-i mukhe sarasvatī karena stavana
“Thus Indra thought, ‘I have properly chastised Kṛṣṇa and defamed Him.’ But Sarasvatī, the goddess of learning, took this opportunity to offer prayers to Kṛṣṇa.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Indra thought he had properly chastised Kṛṣṇa.
He believed that his words had defamed the Lord.
Sarasvatī, the goddess of learning, instead took the opportunity to offer prayers to Kṛṣṇa.
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:
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.
How does Sarasvatī’s purpose differ from Indra’s purpose in this verse?
Write one short sentence of deliberate praise to Kṛṣṇa today.
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