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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.241
তবে আচার্যের ঘরে কৈল কৃষ্ণলীলা ।
রুক্মিণী–স্বরূপ প্রভু আপনে হইলা ॥ ২৪১ ॥
tabe ācāryera ghare kaila kṛṣṇa-līlā
rukmiṇī-svarūpa prabhu āpane ha-ilā
Thereafter a dramatization of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes was performed in the house of Śrī Candraśekhara Ācārya. The Lord personally took the part of Rukmiṇī, the foremost of Kṛṣṇa’s queens.
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A dramatization of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes was performed.
The performance took place in the house of Śrī Candraśekhara Ācārya.
The Lord personally played Rukmiṇī, the foremost of Kṛṣṇa’s queens.
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 same Absolute Truth who enjoys as Kṛṣṇa, Śyāmasundara, who plays His flute and dances with the gopīs, sometimes takes birth in a brāhmaṇa family and plays the part of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, accepting the renounced order of life. It appears contradictory that the same Kṛṣṇa accepted the ecstasy of the gopīs, and of course this is very difficult for an ordinary person to understand.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about the Lord personally taking part in this dramatization?
Write one sentence recalling whose pastimes were performed and which role the Lord took.
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