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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 17.25
তাঁর পাছে পাছে আমি করিনু গমন ।
তাঁর ভূষা-ধ্বনিতে আমার হরিল শ্রবণ ॥ ২৫ ॥
tāṅra pāche pāche āmi karinu gamana
tāṅra bhūṣā-dhvanite āmāra harila śravaṇa
“I entered the bower just behind Kṛṣṇa, My ears captivated by the sound of His ornaments.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu describes entering the bower just behind Kṛṣṇa.
His ears were captivated by the sound of Kṛṣṇa’s ornaments.
His account reveals how deeply His attention was absorbed in hearing Kṛṣṇa.
Inconceivable ecstatic absorption. The Lord’s overwhelming love manifests extraordinary bodily changes.
The mood of Antya 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives the following summary of the seventeenth chapter in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. Absorbed in transcendental ecstasy, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went out one night without opening the doors to His room. After crossing over three walls, He fell down among some cows belonging to the district of Tailaṅga. There He remained unconscious, assuming the aspect of a tortoise.Back to this verse in Antya 17
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this description show you about the attraction of sounds connected with Kṛṣṇa?
Read this verse slowly, pausing to reflect on the sound of Kṛṣṇa’s ornaments.
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