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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.315
তেঁহো ত’ চৈতন্য–কৃষ্ণ—শচীর নন্দন।
তৃতীয় পরিচ্ছেদে জন্মের ‘সামান্য’ কারণ ॥ ৩১৫ ॥
teṅho ta’ caitanya-kṛṣṇa — śacīra nandana
tṛtīya paricchede janmera ‘sāmānya’ kāraṇa
Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is Kṛṣṇa Himself, has now appeared as the son of mother Śacī. The third chapter describes the general cause of His appearance.
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Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Kṛṣṇa Himself.
He has appeared as the son of mother Śacī.
The third chapter describes the general cause of His appearance.
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:
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. It appears contradictory that the same Kṛṣṇa accepted the ecstasy of the gopīs, and of course this is very difficult for an ordinary person to understand.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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