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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.168
এই কথা লোক গিয়া প্রভুরে কহিল ।
শুনিয়া প্রভুর মনে বড় সুখ হইল ॥ ১৬৮ ॥
ei kathā loka giyā prabhure kahila
śuniyā prabhura mane baḍa sukha ha-ila
When this message was relayed to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu by the people, the Lord became very happy to hear it.
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The people relayed the message to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
The Lord heard the message they brought.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became very happy to hear it.
Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.
The mood of Madhya 11 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:
They accepted prasādam without having shaved, and they neglected to fast in a holy place. After Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya had explained to the King why the devotees had apparently violated the scriptural injunctions for visiting a place of pilgrimage, the King arranged residential quarters for all the devotees and saw to their prasādam.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I listen attentively when someone brings me another person's message?
When someone shares a message today, listen fully before responding.
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