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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.251
ভয়ে পলায় পড়ুয়া, প্রভু পাছে পাছে ধায় ।
আস্তে ব্যস্তে ভক্তগণ প্রভুরে রহায় ॥ ২৫১ ॥
bhaye palāya paḍuyā, prabhu pāche pāche dhāya
āste vyaste bhakta-gaṇa prabhure rahāya
The student ran away in fear, and the Lord followed him. But somehow or other the devotees checked the Lord.
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The student ran away in fear.
The Lord followed the fleeing student.
Somehow or other, the devotees checked the Lord.
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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