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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.252
প্রভুরে শান্ত করি’ আনিল নিজ ঘরে ।
পড়ুয়া পলায়া গেল পড়ুয়া–সভারে ॥ ২৫২ ॥
prabhure śānta kari’ ānila nija ghare
paḍuyā palāyā gela paḍuyā-sabhāre
The devotees pacified the Lord and brought Him home, and the student ran away to an assembly of other students.
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The devotees pacified the Lord.
They brought Him home.
The student ran away to an assembly of other students.
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What care do the devotees show in their response to the Lord?
Offer a calm, reassuring word to someone who is upset today.
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