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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.306
অচিন্ত্য, অদ্ভুত কৃষ্ণচৈতন্য–বিহার ।
চিত্র ভাব, চিত্র গুণ, চিত্র ব্যবহার ॥ ৩০৬ ॥
acintya, adbhuta kṛṣṇa-caitanya-vihāra
citra bhāva, citra guṇa, citra vyavahāra
The pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu are inconceivable and wonderful. His ecstasy is wonderful, His qualities are wonderful, and His behavior is wonderful.
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The pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu are inconceivable and wonderful.
His ecstasy is wonderful.
His qualities and His behavior are also wonderful.
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:
But if we accept the inconceivable energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we can understand that everything is possible. There is no need of mundane arguments in this connection, because mundane arguments are meaningless in regard to inconceivable potency.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which aspect named here—His pastimes, ecstasy, qualities, or behavior—most invites my wonder?
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