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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.328
এই সপ্তদশ প্রকার ‘আদি–লীলা’র প্রবন্ধ ।
দ্বাদশ প্রবন্ধ তাতে গ্রন্থ–মুখবন্ধ ॥ ৩২৮ ॥
ei saptadaśa prakāra ādi-līlāra prabandha
dvādaśa prabandha tāte grantha-mukhabandha
Thus there are seventeen varieties of subjects in the first canto, which is known as the Ādi-līlā. Twelve of these constitute the preface of this scripture.
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The first canto is known as the Ādi-līlā.
It contains seventeen varieties of subjects.
Twelve of these constitute the preface of the scripture.
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:
There is no need of mundane arguments in this connection, because mundane arguments are meaningless in regard to inconceivable potency. At the end of the seventeenth chapter, Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, following in the footsteps of Śrīla Vyāsadeva, has summarized all the ādi-līlā pastimes separately.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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Write a one-line outline noting seventeen varieties of subjects, with twelve forming the preface.
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