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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.269
মহতা হি প্রযত্নেন হস্ত্যশ্বরথপত্তিভিঃ ।
অস্মাভির্যদনুষ্ঠেয়ং গন্ধর্বৈস্তদনুষ্ঠিতম্ ॥ ২৬৯ ॥
mahatā hi prayatnena
hasty-aśva-ratha-pattibhiḥ
asmābhir yad anuṣṭheyaṁ
gandharvais tad anuṣṭhitam
“ ‘What we have had to arrange with great endeavor by collecting elephants, horses, chariots and infantry soldiers has already been accomplished by the Gandharvas.’
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Bhīmasena spoke while the Pāṇḍavas were living in exile in the forest. The Gandharvas had arrested the Kauravas through superior military strength.
Duryodhana’s ministers and commanders asked Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira for help. Bhīmasena remembered Duryodhana’s former nefarious and atrocious activities against them.
Bhīmasena felt it fitting that Duryodhana and his company had been arrested. The Gandharvas had accomplished what would have required great endeavor from the Pāṇḍavas.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Then Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, with great humility, sent some Jagannātha prasādam and a cloth from Lord Jagannātha to His mother through Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura. When the Lord bade farewell to Rāghava Paṇḍita, Vāsudeva Datta, the residents of Kulīna-grāma and other devotees, He praised them for their transcendental qualities.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
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