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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.3
কৈশোর–লীলার সূত্র করিল গণন ।
যৌবনলীলার সূত্র করি অনুক্রম ॥ ৩ ॥
kaiśora-līlāra sūtra karila gaṇana
yauvana-līlāra sūtra kari anukrama
I have already given a synopsis of the kaiśora-līlā of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Now let me enumerate His youthful pastimes in chronological order.
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A synopsis of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s kaiśora-līlā has already been given.
The author now turns to a fuller enumeration of His youthful pastimes.
These pastimes will be presented in chronological order.
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:
Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has already vividly described these pastimes in the Caitanya-bhāgavata; therefore Kṛṣṇa dāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī describes them only briefly. Vivid descriptions of some portions of His pastimes are seen in this chapter, however, because Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has not elaborately described them.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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How might following the pastimes in order help me read more attentively?
As you read today, note the order in which the Lord’s youthful pastimes are described.
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