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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.66
এই বিজয়া-দশমীতে হৈল এই রীতি ।
তাঁহাকে পুছিয়া তাঁর করাইহ প্ৰতীতি ॥ ৬৬ ॥
ei vijayā-daśamīte haila ei rīti
tāṅhāke puchiyā tāṅra karāiha pratīti
“Such an incident took place on the last Vijayā-daśamī day. You can ask her about this incident and thus make her believe that I actually go there.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The incident took place on the last Vijayā-daśamī day.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asks that she be questioned about this incident.
Remembering the incident would help her believe that He actually goes there.
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 the Lord and His devotees observed Vijayā-daśamī, the day of victory when Lord Rāmacandra conquered Laṅkā. The devotees all became soldiers of Lord Rāmacandra, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, in the ecstasy of Hanumān, manifested various transcendentally blissful activities.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
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