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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.176
শুন, গৌরহরি, এই প্রশ্নের কারণ ।
নিভৃত হও যদি, তবে করি নিবেদন ॥ ১৭৬ ॥
śuna, gaurahari, ei praśnera kāraṇa
nibhṛta hao yadi, tabe kari nivedana
“Kindly listen, O Gaurahari! If You come to a private place, I shall then explain the reason.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Kazi addresses the Lord as Gaurahari.
He kindly asks Gaurahari to listen.
He offers to explain the reason if Gaurahari comes to a private place.
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:
When Kṛṣṇa in His form of Nārāyaṇa saw Rādhārāṇī, He could not keep His position as Nārāyaṇa and again assumed the form of Kṛṣṇa. The King of Vrajabhūmi is Nanda Mahārāja, and the same person in Navadvīpa is Jagannātha Miśra, the father of Caitanya Mahāprabhu.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.
Am I willing to make room for someone who asks to speak privately?
If someone needs a private conversation today, offer a quiet place to listen.
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