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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.206
পূর্বে ভাল ছিল এই নিমাই পণ্ডিত ।
গয়া হৈতে আসিয়া চালায় বিপরীত ॥ ২০৬ ॥
pūrve bhāla chila ei nimāi paṇḍita
gayā haite āsiyā cālāya viparīta
“ ‘Nimāi Paṇḍita was previously a very good boy, but since He has returned from Gayā He conducts Himself differently.
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The speakers describe Nimāi Paṇḍita as previously a very good boy.
They say His conduct changed after He returned from Gayā.
Their words express their judgment of His changed behavior.
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:
As Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Kṛṣṇa Himself assumed the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī to taste Her ecstatic situation. No one else could do this.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do the speakers compare Nimāi Paṇḍita’s earlier conduct with His conduct now?
Read the statement again and identify the event after which the speakers noticed a change.
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