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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.40
মদ্যভাণ্ড–পাশে ধরি’ নিজ–ঘরে গেল ।
প্রাতঃকালে শ্রীবাস তাহা ত’ দেখিল ॥ ৪০ ॥
madya-bhāṇḍa-pāśe dhari’ nija-ghare gela
prātaḥ-kāle śrīvāsa tāhā ta’ dekhila
He placed a pot of wine beside all this, and in the morning when Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura opened his door he saw this paraphernalia.
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A pot of wine was placed beside the other articles.
Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura opened his door in the morning.
When he opened the door, he saw the paraphernalia.
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:
Vivid descriptions of some portions of His pastimes are seen in this chapter, however, because Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has not elaborately described them. In this chapter we shall find descriptions of the mango distribution festival and Lord Caitanya’s discourses with Chand Kazi.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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