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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.63
সংসার–সুখ তোমার হউক বিনাশ ।
শাপ শুনি’ প্রভুর চিত্তে হইল উল্লাস ॥ ৬৩ ॥
saṁsāra-sukha tomāra ha-uka vināśa
śāpa śuni’ prabhura citte ha-ila ullāsa
The brāhmaṇa cursed the Lord, “You shall be bereft of all material happiness!” When the Lord heard this, He felt great jubilation within Himself.
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The brāhmaṇa cursed the Lord to be bereft of all material happiness.
The Lord heard the curse.
Rather than becoming unhappy, He felt great jubilation within Himself.
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:
As Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Kṛṣṇa Himself assumed the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī to taste Her ecstatic situation. No one else could do this.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the Lord’s jubilation challenge your view of material happiness?
Spend one minute reflecting on the contrast between the curse and the Lord’s joyful response.
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