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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.10
সূক্ষ্ম তুলা আনি’ নাসা-অগ্রেতে ধরিল ।
ঈষৎ চলয়ে তুলা দেখি’ ধৈর্য হৈল ॥ ১০ ॥
sūkṣma tulā āni’ nāsā-agrete dharila
īṣat calaye tulā dekhi’ dhairya haila
The Bhaṭṭācārya then took a fine cotton swab and put it before the Lord’s nostrils. When he saw the cotton move very slightly, he became hopeful.
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The Bhaṭṭācārya took a fine cotton swab.
He placed it before the Lord’s nostrils and saw it move very slightly.
That slight movement made him hopeful.
Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.
The mood of Madhya 6 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:
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya then took Him to his home. Meanwhile, Gopīnātha Ācārya, the brother-in-law of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, met Mukunda Datta and talked to him about Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s acceptance of sannyāsa and His journey to Jagannātha Purī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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How did careful observation change the Bhaṭṭācārya’s feelings?
Write one sentence describing what gave the Bhaṭṭācārya hope.
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