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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.59
এত কহি তারে লঞা নিভৃতে বসিলা ।
‘কি কথা শুনিতে চাহ?’ মিশ্রেরে পুছিলা ॥ ৫৯ ॥
eta kahi tāre lañā nibhṛte vasilā
‘ki kathā śunite cāha?’ miśrere puchilā
Saying this, Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya took Pradyumna Miśra to a secluded place and inquired from him, “What kind of kṛṣṇa-kathā do you want to hear from me?”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya takes Pradyumna Miśra to a secluded place.
He asks what kind of kṛṣṇa-kathā—topics about Kṛṣṇa—Pradyumna Miśra wants to hear.
Before continuing, he gives his listener an opportunity to express what he wishes to hear.
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:
Pradyumna Miśra, a resident of Śrīhaṭṭa, came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to hear from Him about Lord Kṛṣṇa and His pastimes. The Lord, however, sent him to Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya.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.
What topic about Kṛṣṇa would I sincerely like to hear more about?
Sit in a quiet place and write down one question about Kṛṣṇa that you would like to explore.
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