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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.132
তা–সভার অন্তরে ভয় প্রভু মনে জানি ।
কহিতে লাগিলা লোকে শীঘ্র ডাকি’ আনি’ ॥ ১৩২ ॥
tā-sabhāra antare bhaya prabhu mane jāni
kahite lāgilā loke śīghra ḍāki’ āni’
Understanding the anxiety within the people’s minds, the Lord called them together and spoke to them as follows.
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The Lord understood the anxiety within the people’s minds.
He called the people together rather than leaving them apart in their worry.
After gathering them, the Lord spoke to them.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
When Śrī Kṛṣṇa assumed the form of the four-armed Nārāyaṇa, the gopīs showed their respect, but they were not very interested in Him. In the ecstatic love of the gopīs, all worshipable forms but Kṛṣṇa are rejected.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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