Antya 12.154

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TEXT

জগদানন্দের 'প্রেমবিবর্ত' শুনে যেই জন ।
প্রেমের 'স্বরূপ' জানে, পায় প্রেমধন ॥ ১৫৪ ॥

jagadanandera 'prema-vivarta' sune yei jana

premera 'svarūpa' jane, paya prema-dhana

SYNONYMS

jagadanandera-of Jagadananda; prema-vivarta-loving exchange; sune-hears; yei jana-any person who; premera-of love; svarūpa-identity; jane-he knows; paya-gets; prema-dhana-the wealth of ecstatic love of Krsna.

TRANSLATION

Anyone who hears about the loving exchanges between Jagadananda Panḍita and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, or who reads Jagadananda's book Prema-vivarta, can understand what love is. Moreover, he achieves ecstatic love of Krsna.

PURPORT

The word vivarta means accepting something to be the opposite of what it appears. Here, Jagadananda Panḍita appeared very angry, but this anger was a manifestation of his great love for Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Prema-vivarta is also the name of a book written by Jagadananda Panḍita. Therefore the author of Caitanya-caritamrta, Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, uses the words prema-vivarta to refer to one who reads the book or hears about Jagadananda Panḍita's relationships with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. In either case, such a person very soon achieves love of Krsna.

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