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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.216
এত শুনি’ মহাপ্রভু হাসিয়া হাসিয়া ।
কহিতে লাগিলা কিছু কাজিরে ছুঁইয়া ॥ ২১৬ ॥
eta śuni’ mahāprabhu hāsiyā hāsiyā
kahite lāgilā kichu kājire chuṅiyā
After hearing the Kazi speak so nicely, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu touched him and smilingly spoke as follows.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard the Kazi speak nicely.
The Lord touched the Kazi.
He smiled as He began to speak in reply.
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.
What do the Lord’s touch and smile convey to you?
In one conversation today, listen carefully and offer a gentle, warm response.
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