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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.246
বিজয় আচার্যের ঘরে সে রাত্রে রহিলা ।
প্রাতঃকালে ভক্ত সবে ঘরে লঞা গেলা ॥ ২৪৬ ॥
vijaya ācāryera ghare se rātre rahilā
prātaḥ-kāle bhakta sabe ghare lañā gelā
That night the Lord stayed at the house of Vijaya Ācārya. In the morning the Lord took all His devotees and returned home.
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The Lord stayed that night at the house of Vijaya Ācārya.
In the morning, the Lord departed for home.
He took all His devotees with Him.
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:
All the Lord’s other associates, situated in their original love, engage in the service of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. 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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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