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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.95
শ্রীবাসে কহেন প্রভু করিয়া বিষাদ ।
লোক ভয় পায়,—মোর হয় অপরাধ ॥ ৯৫ ॥
śrīvāse kahena prabhu kariyā viṣāda
loka bhaya pāya, — mora haya aparādha
The Lord became morose and said to Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura, “When I adopted the mood of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, people were greatly afraid. Therefore I stopped, since causing fear among people is an offense.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord became morose and spoke to Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura.
He said that people had become greatly afraid when He adopted the mood of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva.
He explained that He stopped because causing fear among people is an offense.
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:
Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has already vividly described these pastimes in the Caitanya-bhāgavata; therefore Kṛṣṇa dāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī describes them only briefly. Vivid descriptions of some portions of His pastimes are seen in this chapter, however, because Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has not elaborately described them.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 can you be more attentive to whether your behavior causes fear?
In one conversation today, take care to use a gentle tone that does not frighten the other person.
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