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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.95
গীত, শ্লোক, গ্রন্থ, কবিত্ব — যেই করি’ আনে ।
প্রথমে শুনায় সেই স্বরূপের স্থানে ॥ ৯৫ ॥
gīta, śloka, grantha, kavitva — yei kari’ āne
prathame śunāya sei svarūpera sthāne
Customarily, anyone who composed a song, verse, literary composition or poem about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu first had to bring it to Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī to be heard.
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Compositions about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu were first brought to Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.
This custom applied to songs, verses, literary compositions and poems.
The author first had to let Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī hear the work, rather than present it directly to the Lord.
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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