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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.187
এত বলি’ কাজী নিজ–বুক দেখাইল ।
শুনি’ দেখি’ সর্বলোক আশ্চর্য মানিল ॥ ১৮৭ ॥
eta bali’ kājī nija-buka dekhāila
śuni’ dekhi’ sarva-loka āścarya mānila
After this description, the Kazi showed his chest. Having heard him and seen the marks, all the people there accepted the wonderful incident.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
After describing the incident, the Kazi showed his chest.
The people present both heard his account and saw the marks.
Having heard and seen these things, they all accepted the wonderful incident.
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 Śrī Kṛṣṇa assumed the form of the four-armed Nārāyaṇa, the gopīs showed their respect, but they were not very interested in Him. In the ecstatic love of the gopīs, all worshipable forms but Kṛṣṇa are rejected.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.
How carefully do I listen and observe before deciding what to accept?
In one conversation today, listen to the full account and consider what is shown before reaching a conclusion.
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