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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 13.84
স্ত্রী-নাম শুনি’ প্রভুর বাহ্য হইলা ।
পুনরপি সেই পথে বাহুড়ি’ চলিলা ॥ ৮৪ ॥
strī-nāma śuni’ prabhura bāhya ha-ilā
punarapi sei pathe bāhuḍi’ calilā
As soon as He heard the word “woman,” the Lord became externally conscious and turned back.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord heard Govinda say the word “woman.”
As soon as He heard it, He became externally conscious.
He turned back immediately, responding to Govinda’s warning.
Concern and affectionate restraint. Devotees seek to care for the Lord while He maintains His renounced practice.
The mood of Antya 13 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:
Unaware of who was singing, He ran toward her through thorny bushes, but when Govinda informed the Lord that it was a woman singing, He immediately stopped. By this incident, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed everyone that sannyāsīs and Vaiṣṇavas should not hear women singing.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 13
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How willing are you to change course when a helpful warning reaches you?
Pause and take seriously one helpful reminder you receive today.
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