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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.318
পঞ্চমে ‘শ্রীনিত্যানন্দ’–তত্ত্ব নিরূপণ ।
নিত্যানন্দ হৈলা রাম রোহিণীনন্দন ॥ ৩১৮ ॥
pañcame ‘śrī-nityānanda’-tattva nirūpaṇa
nityānanda hailā rāma rohiṇī-nandana
The fifth chapter describes the truth of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu, who is none other than Balarāma, the son of Rohiṇī.
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The fifth chapter describes the truth of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu.
Lord Nityānanda Prabhu is none other than Balarāma.
Balarāma is the son of Rohiṇī.
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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