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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.87
এই অর্থ আমি মাত্র জানিয়ে নির্ধার ।
আর সর্ব-অর্থে মোর নাহি অধিকার ।।” ৮৭ ।। ॥ ৮৭ ॥
ei artha āmi mātra jāniye nirdhāra
āra sarva-arthe mora nāhi adhikāra”
“I conclusively know these two names, Śyāmasundara and Yaśodānandana. I do not understand any other meanings, nor have I the capacity to understand them.”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu says He conclusively knows the names Śyāmasundara and Yaśodānandana.
He says He does not understand other meanings and has no capacity to understand them.
The next verse describes Him as omniscient. His words here therefore should not be taken as an actual lack of knowledge.
Pride softened by grace. Humor and correction lead toward humility and a relationship of devotion.
The mood of Antya 7 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:
Before this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw that Vallabha Bhaṭṭa was greatly attached to Gadādhara Paṇḍita. Therefore He acted as if displeased with Gadādhara Paṇḍita.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 7
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “yaśodānandana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I rest my attention on these two names without seeking many additional meanings?
Write down Śyāmasundara and Yaśodānandana, and spend a quiet moment remembering each name.
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