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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.9
বিদ্যার প্রভাব দেখি চমৎকার চিতে ।
শত শত পড়ুয়া আসি লাগিলা পড়িতে ॥ ৯ ৷৷
vidyāra prabhāva dekhi camatkāra cite
śata śata paḍuyā āsi lāgilā paḍite
Struck with wonder by the influence of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s intellectual prowess, many hundreds of students came to the Lord and began studying under His direction.
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Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s intellectual prowess struck the students with wonder.
Many hundreds of students came to Him.
They began studying under His direction.
Grief and transformed pride. Lakṣmīdevī’s departure brings sorrow; Keśava Kāśmīrī’s pride yields to surrender.
The mood of Ādi 16 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:
This chapter fully describes Lord Caitanya’s kaiśora-līlā, or the activities He performed just before attaining youth. During this time He studied deeply and was victorious over greatly learned scholars.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 16
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What impresses you about the students’ willingness to learn from the Lord?
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