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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.81
দেখিতে দেখিতে বৃক্ষ হইল ফলিত ।
পাকিল অনেক ফল, সবেই বিস্মিত ॥ ৮১ ॥
dekhite dekhite vṛkṣa ha-ila phalita
pākila aneka phala, sabei vismita
As people looked on, the tree became fully grown, with fruits that fully ripened. Thus everyone was struck with wonder.
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People watched as the tree became fully grown.
The tree bore fruits that fully ripened.
Everyone who witnessed this was struck with wonder.
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:
To understand Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s ecstatic love for Him, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa assumed the form of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The attitude of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is considered the superexcellent devotional mentality.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What part of this scene awakens a sense of wonder in me?
Pause for a moment today to reflect on the onlookers’ wonder as the tree and its fruits matured.
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