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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.87
এই সব লীলা করে শচীর নন্দন ।
অন্য লোক নাহি জানে বিনা ভক্তগণ ॥ ৮৭ ॥
ei saba līlā kare śacīra nandana
anya loka nāhi jāne vinā bhakta-gaṇa
These are confidential pastimes of the son of Śacī. Other than devotees, no one knows of this incident.
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These are confidential pastimes of the son of Śacī, known to devotees.
The purport explains that nondevotees cannot believe this incident.
The place where the tree grew still exists in Māyāpur. It is called Āmra-ghaṭṭa or Āma-ghāṭā.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do you approach a confidential pastime that challenges ordinary expectations?
Reread this verse respectfully, remembering that it describes a confidential pastime.
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