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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.333
শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য, অদ্বৈত, নিত্যানন্দ ।
শ্রীবাস–গদাধরাদি যত ভক্তবৃন্দ ॥ ৩৩৩ ॥
śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya, advaita, nityānanda
śrīvāsa-gadādharādi yata bhakta-vṛnda
[Herein the author again describes the Pañca-tattva.] Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, Prabhu Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita, Gadādhara, Śrīvāsa and all the devotees of Lord Caitanya.
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The author again describes the Pañca-tattva.
He names Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, Prabhu Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita, Gadādhara and Śrīvāsa.
He also includes all the devotees of Lord Caitanya.
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:
Śrī Advaita Prabhu exhibits the ecstasy of both fraternity and servitude. All the Lord’s other associates, situated in their original love, engage in the service of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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What do you notice about the inclusion of all the devotees of Lord Caitanya?
Read the names in this translation aloud slowly, including its mention of all the devotees of Lord Caitanya.
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