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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.94
লোক–ভয় দেখি’ প্রভুর বাহ্য হইল ।
শ্রীবাস–গৃহেতে গিয়া গদা ফেলাইল ॥ ৯৪ ॥
loka-bhaya dekhi’ prabhura bāhya ha-ila
śrīvāsa-gṛhete giyā gadā phelāila
Seeing the people so afraid, the Lord came to His external senses and thus returned to the house of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura and threw away the club.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord saw that the people were very afraid.
He came to His external senses and returned to the house of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura.
There He threw away the club.
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
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