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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.188
কাজী কহে—ইহা আমি কারে না কহিল ।
সেই দিন আমার এক পিয়াদা আইল ॥ ১৮৮ ॥
kājī kahe, — ihā āmi kāre nā kahila
sei dina āmāra eka piyādā āila
The Kazi continued, “I did not speak to anyone about this incident, but on that very day one of my orderlies came to see me.
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The Kazi said that he had not spoken to anyone about the incident.
On that very day, one of his orderlies came to see him.
The Kazi continued his account by mentioning this visit.
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 King of Vrajabhūmi is Nanda Mahārāja, and the same person in Navadvīpa is Jagannātha Miśra, the father of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Similarly, mother Yaśodā is the Queen of Vrajabhūmi, and in the pastimes of Lord Caitanya she is Śacīmātā.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 I let an account unfold without guessing what happened next?
When someone tells you about an experience today, let them finish before filling in any details yourself.
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