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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.161
অতএব জরদ্গব মারে মুনিগণ ।
বেদমন্ত্রে সিদ্ধ করে তাহার জীবন ॥ ১৬১ ॥
ataeva jarad-gava māre muni-gaṇa
veda-mantre siddha kare tāhāra jīvana
“Therefore the great sages sometimes killed old cows, and by chanting Vedic hymns they brought them back to life for perfection.
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Great sages sometimes killed old cows in the practice described here.
By chanting Vedic hymns, they brought those cows back to life.
The stated purpose was perfection, and the account includes actual restoration to life.
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:
The same Absolute Truth who enjoys as Kṛṣṇa, Śyāmasundara, who plays His flute and dances with the gopīs, sometimes takes birth in a brāhmaṇa family and plays the part of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, accepting the renounced order of life. It appears contradictory that the same Kṛṣṇa accepted the ecstasy of the gopīs, and of course this is very difficult for an ordinary person to understand.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chanting”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does bringing the cows back to life shape your understanding of the sages’ action?
Write a brief summary that includes both the chanting of Vedic hymns and the cows’ return to life.
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