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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.58
আর দিনে গেলা প্রভু সে বিপ্র–ভবনে ।
দেখিলেন, বসিয়াছেন সন্ন্যাসীর গণে ॥ ৫৮ ॥
āra dine gelā prabhu se vipra-bhavane
dekhilena, vasiyāchena sannyāsīra gaṇe
The next day, when Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to the house of that brāhmaṇa, He saw all the sannyāsīs of Benares sitting there.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to the brāhmaṇa’s house the next day.
All the sannyāsīs of Benares were gathered at that house.
Upon arriving, the Lord saw the sannyāsīs sitting there.
Collective delight. The Pañca-tattva gives divine love a relational and communal form.
The mood of Ādi 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
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In this verse: “gathered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What details help me picture the Lord’s arrival at the brāhmaṇa’s home?
Read the translation slowly once, noting when the Lord arrived, where He went, and whom He saw.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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