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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.22
অদ্বৈত কহে, — সত্য কহি, না করিহ কোপ ।
লগুড় ফিরাইতে পার, তবে জানি গোপ ॥ ২২ ॥
advaita kahe, — satya kahi, nā kariha kopa
laguḍa phirāite pāra, tabe jāni gopa
At this time Śrīla Advaita Ācārya said, “Please do not be angry. I speak the truth. I shall know that You are a cowherd boy only if You can wheel this rod about.”
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Śrīla Advaita Ācārya began by saying, “Please do not be angry.”
He assured His listener, “I speak the truth.”
He said he would recognize Him as a cowherd boy only if He could wheel the rod about.
Festive affection and reconciliation. Festivals, reciprocal hospitality, and the deliverance of Amogha show affectionate grace.
The mood of Madhya 15 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:
The following summary of this chapter is given by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. After the Ratha-yātrā festival, Śrī Advaita Ācārya Prabhu worshiped Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with flowers and tulasī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
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Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “cowherd”
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What do you notice about the way Śrīla Advaita Ācārya introduces his challenge?
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