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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.118
মদমত্ত–গতি বলদেব–অনুকার ।
আচার্য শেখর তাঁরে দেখে রামাকার ॥ ১১৮ ॥
mada-matta-gati baladeva-anukāra
ācārya śekhara tāṅre dekhe rāmākāra
When the Lord, in His ecstasy of Baladeva, was moving as if intoxicated by the beverage, Advaita Ācārya, the chief of the ācāryas [ācārya śekhara], saw Him in the form of Balarāma.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord was absorbed in the ecstasy of Baladeva.
He moved as if intoxicated by the beverage.
Advaita Ācārya, the chief of the ācāryas, saw Him in the form of Balarāma.
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:
Śrī Advaita Prabhu exhibits the ecstasy of both fraternity and servitude. All the Lord’s other associates, situated in their original love, engage in the service of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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Reread the verse and pause over the words “saw Him in the form of Balarāma.”
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