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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.268
এই দৃঢ় যুক্তি করি’ প্রভু আছে ঘরে ।
কেশব ভারতী আইলা নদীয়া–নগরে ॥ ২৬৮ ॥
ei dṛḍha yukti kari’ prabhu āche ghare
keśava bhāratī āilā nadīyā-nagare
After coming to this firm conclusion, the Lord continued to stay at home. In the meantime Keśava Bhāratī came to the town of Nadia.
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The Lord has come to a firm conclusion.
After reaching that conclusion, He continues to stay at home.
In the meantime, Keśava Bhāratī comes to the town of Nadia.
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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