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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.99
স্বরূপের ঠাঞি আচার্য কৈলা নিবেদন ।
এক বিপ্র প্রভুর নাটক করিয়াছে উত্তম ॥ ৯৯ ॥
svarūpera ṭhāñi ācārya kailā nivedana
eka vipra prabhura nāṭaka kariyāche uttama
Bhagavān Ācārya submitted to Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, “A good brāhmaṇa has prepared a drama about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu that appears exceptionally well composed.
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Bhagavān Ācārya approached Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī about the drama.
He described its author as a good brāhmaṇa who had written about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Although the drama appeared exceptionally well composed to him, he still followed the process of submitting it for review.
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:
A brāhmaṇa from Bengal composed a drama about the activities of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and went to Jagannātha Purī to show it to the associates of the Lord. 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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 5
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