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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.279
কে শিখাল এই লোকে, কহে কোন্ বাত ।
ইহা-সবার মুখ ঢাক দিয়া নিজ হাত ॥ ২৭৯ ॥
ke śikhāla ei loke, kahe kon bāta
ihā-sabāra mukha ḍhāka diyā nija hāta
Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura continued, “Who has taught these people? What are they saying? Now You can cover their mouths with Your own hand.
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Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura asked who had taught these people.
He also asked what they were saying.
He then told the Lord that He could now cover their mouths with His own hand.
Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 1 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:
There is also a description of the many books written by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī. There is also a description of the meeting between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī in the village known as Rāmakeli.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
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