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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.145
প্রভু বলেন,—আমি তোমার আইলাম অভ্যাগত ।
আমি দেখি’ লুকাইলা,—এ–ধর্ম কেমত ॥ ১৪৫ ॥
prabhu balena, — āmi tomāra āilāma abhyāgata
āmi dekhi’ lukāilā, — e-dharma kemata
In a friendly way, the Lord said, “Sir, I have come to your house as your guest, but upon seeing Me you hid yourself in your room. What kind of etiquette is this?”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord spoke to the Kazi in a friendly way.
He explained that He had come to the Kazi’s house as a guest, yet the Kazi had hidden upon seeing Him.
The Lord questioned what kind of etiquette this was.
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 the ecstatic love of the gopīs, all worshipable forms but Kṛṣṇa are rejected. Among all the gopīs, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī has the highest ecstatic love.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.
Can you address an uncomfortable matter while keeping your manner friendly?
If you need to raise a concern today, express it in a friendly, respectful way.
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