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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.259
সর্বজ্ঞ গোসাঞি জানি’ সবার দুর্গতি ।
ঘরে বসি’ চিন্তে তা’–সবার অব্যাহতি ॥ ২৫৯ ॥
sarva-jña gosāñi jāni’ sabāra durgati
ghare vasi’ cinte tā’-sabāra avyāhati
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, being omniscient, could understand the degradation of these students. Thus He sat at home, contemplating how to rescue them.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is omniscient.
He could understand the degradation of the students.
He sat at home, contemplating how to rescue them.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the Lord’s desire to rescue these students reveal to me about His care?
Spend one quiet minute reflecting on Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s desire to rescue the students.
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