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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.117
জল পান করিয়া নাচে হঞা বিহ্বল ।
যমুনাকর্ষণ–লীলা দেখয়ে সকল ॥ ১১৭ ॥
jala pāna kariyā nāce hañā vihvala
yamunākarṣaṇa-līlā dekhaye sakala
After drinking the water, Lord Caitanya became so ecstatic that He began to dance. Thus everyone saw the pastime of attracting the river Yamunā.
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After drinking the water, Lord Caitanya became ecstatic and began to dance. All the devotees present saw the yamunākarṣaṇa-līlā, the pastime of attracting the Yamunā.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the original form of Baladeva. In His ecstasy, He asked everyone to bring honey.
When the Yamunā disobeyed Lord Baladeva, He wanted to draw her near with His plow. She surrendered to Him, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, admitted her fault, and was excused.
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The purport of CC Ādi 17.117 quotesSB 10.65.24-25
It is stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.65.25-30, 33) that Lord Baladeva asked the Yamunā to come near, and when the river disobeyed the order of the Lord, He became angry and thus wanted to snatch her near to Him with His plow.
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Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.
The mood of Ādi 17 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:
As Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Kṛṣṇa Himself assumed the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī to taste Her ecstatic situation. No one else could do this.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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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: “yamunā”, “yamunākarṣaṇa-līlā”
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “surrendered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can you learn from the Yamunā’s willingness to surrender and admit her fault?
Take a quiet moment today to acknowledge one fault before the Lord in prayer.
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