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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.25
‘গৌরহরি’ বলি’ তারে হাসে সর্ব নারী ।
অতএব হৈল তাঁর নাম ‘গৌরহরি’ ॥ ২৫ ॥
‘gaurahari’ bali’ tāre hāse sarva nārī
ataeva haila tāṅra nāma ‘gaurahari’
When all the ladies saw this fun, they enjoyed laughing and called the Lord “Gaurahari.” From then on, Gaurahari became another of His names.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
When the ladies saw the Lord’s fun, they enjoyed laughing.
The ladies called the Lord “Gaurahari.”
From then on, Gaurahari became another of His names.
Jubilation and hope. The Lord appears in Navadvīpa; the theological promise becomes a lived story.
The mood of Ādi 13 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:
Within the Lord’s antya-līlā, the first six years of His sannyāsa life are called the madhya-līlā. During this time, Caitanya Mahāprabhu toured southern India, went to Vṛndāvana, returned from Vṛndāvana and preached the saṅkīrtana movement.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 13
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What feeling does the ladies’ joyful response to the Lord awaken in you?
Say the name Gaurahari today, remembering the ladies’ joyful response.
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