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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.143
তবে মহাপ্রভু তার দ্বারেতে বসিলা ।
ভব্যলোক পাঠাইয়া কাজীরে বোলাইলা ॥ ১৪৩ ॥
tabe mahāprabhu tāra dvārete vasilā
bhavya-loka pāṭhāiyā kājīre bolāilā
Thereafter, when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu reached the Kazi’s house, He sat down by the doorway and sent some respectable persons to call for the Kazi.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu reached the Kazi’s house.
He sat down by the doorway.
He sent some respectable persons to call for the Kazi.
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:
In this chapter we shall find descriptions of the mango distribution festival and Lord Caitanya’s discourses with Chand Kazi. Finally, the chapter shows that the same son of mother Yaśodā, Lord Kṛṣṇa, tasted four transcendental mellows of devotional service in His form of Śacīnandana, the son of mother Śacī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about the Lord’s way of arranging this meeting?
When asking to speak with someone today, make your request respectfully.
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