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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.61
ফিরি’ গেল বিপ্র ঘরে মনে দুঃখ পাঞা ।
আর দিন প্রভুকে কহে গঙ্গায় লাগ পাঞা ॥ ৬১ ॥
phiri’ gela vipra ghare mane duḥkha pāñā
āra dina prabhuke kahe gaṅgāya lāga pāñā
He returned home with an unhappy mind, but on the next day he met Lord Caitanya on the bank of the Ganges and spoke to Him.
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The brāhmaṇa returned home with an unhappy mind.
The next day, he met Lord Caitanya on the bank of the Ganges.
At that meeting, he spoke to the Lord.
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:
Finally, the chapter shows that the same son of mother Yaśodā, Lord Kṛṣṇa, tasted four transcendental mellows of devotional service in His form of Śacīnandana, the son of mother Śacī. To understand Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s ecstatic love for Him, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa assumed the form of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice about the brāhmaṇa approaching Lord Caitanya while unhappy?
Reread the translation and notice the change from returning home unhappy to speaking with the Lord.
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