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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.97
অপরাধ নাহি, কৈলে লোকের নিস্তার ।
যে তোমা’ দেখিল, তার ছুটিল সংসার ॥ ৯৭ ॥
aparādha nāhi, kaile lokera nistāra
ye tomā’ dekhila, tāra chuṭila saṁsāra
“There was no offense in Your appearing as Nṛsiṁhadeva. Rather, any man who saw You in that mood was immediately liberated from the bondage of material existence.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
There was no offense in the Lord’s appearing as Nṛsiṁhadeva.
Anyone who saw Him in that mood was immediately liberated.
This liberation freed the person from the bondage of material existence.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this statement change your understanding of the Lord’s fierce appearance?
Read the translation again and reflect for a moment on the words “liberated from the bondage of material existence.”
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