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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.232
‘দেখিনু’ ‘দেখিনু’ বলি’ হইল পাগল ।
প্রেমে নৃত্য করে, হৈল বৈষ্ণব আগল ॥ ২৩২ ॥
‘dekhinu’ ‘dekhinu’ bali’ ha-ila pāgala
preme nṛtya kare, haila vaiṣṇava āgala
Saying “I have seen! I have seen!” and dancing in ecstatic love as though mad, he became a first-class Vaiṣṇava.
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The Muslim tailor who sewed garments for Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura’s family was enchanted by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s dancing.
Understanding the tailor’s attitude, the Lord showed him His original form as Kṛṣṇa. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Kṛṣṇa Himself.
The tailor exclaimed, “I have seen! I have seen!” Absorbed in ecstatic love, he danced with Lord Caitanya and became one of His foremost Vaiṣṇava adherents.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in 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:
Śrī Nityānanda occupies an ecstatic position of parental love in servitude and fraternal attraction. Śrī Advaita Prabhu exhibits the ecstasy of both fraternity and servitude.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “ecstatic love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What strikes me about the change brought about by the Lord’s mercy?
Spend a moment remembering that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu revealed His original form as Kṛṣṇa to the tailor.
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