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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.162
জরদ্গব হঞা যুবা হয় আরবার ।
তাতে তার বধ নহে, হয় উপকার ॥১৬২ ॥
jarad-gava hañā yuvā haya āra-vāra
tāte tāra vadha nahe, haya upakāra
“The killing and rejuvenation of such old and invalid cows was not truly killing but an act of great benefit.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The cows described here were old and invalid.
The action involved both killing and rejuvenating those cows.
Because the cows were rejuvenated, the Lord describes the act as a great benefit rather than truly killing.
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:
Among all the gopīs, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī has the highest ecstatic love. When Kṛṣṇa in His form of Nārāyaṇa saw Rādhārāṇī, He could not keep His position as Nārāyaṇa and again assumed the form of Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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Why does the cows’ rejuvenation matter to the Lord’s description of this act?
Write one sentence explaining why “rejuvenation” cannot be left out of this account.
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