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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.138
বৃন্দাবনদাস ইহা ‘চৈতন্যমঙ্গলে’ ।
বিতারি’ বর্ণিয়াছেন, প্রভু–কৃপাবলে ॥ ১৩৮ ॥
vṛndāvana-dāsa ihā ‘caitanya-maṅgale’
vistāri’ varṇiyāchena, prabhu-kṛpā-bale
By the grace of the Lord, Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has elaborately described this incident in his Caitanya-maṅgala [now Caitanya-bhāgavata].
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Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura described this incident by the grace of the Lord.
His description of the incident is elaborate.
The account appears in his Caitanya-maṅgala, now known as Caitanya-bhāgavata.
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:
Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has already vividly described these pastimes in the Caitanya-bhāgavata; therefore Kṛṣṇa dāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī describes them only briefly. Vivid descriptions of some portions of His pastimes are seen in this chapter, however, because Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has not elaborately described them.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.
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “grace”
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: “vṛndāvana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does acknowledging the Lord’s grace affect the way you receive this account?
Pause today to appreciate that this incident was described by the Lord’s grace.
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