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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.201
অলৌকিক লীলা করে শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য ।
যেই ইহা শুনে তাঁর জন্ম, দেহ ধন্য ॥ ২০১ ॥
alaukika līlā kare śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya
yei ihā śune tāṅra janma, deha dhanya
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes are all uncommon. Whoever listens to His activities becomes glorious, and his life becomes perfect.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes are all uncommon.
Whoever listens to His activities becomes glorious.
Hearing His activities brings perfection to one’s life.
Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 16 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:
From Kaṭaka (Cuttack), Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again requested Gadādhara Paṇḍita to return to Nīlācala, and He bade farewell to Rāmānanda Rāya from Bhadraka. After this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu crossed the border of Orissa state, and He arrived at Pānihāṭi by boat.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you make attentive hearing of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s activities part of your day?
Spend a few minutes today listening attentively as a passage about the Lord’s activities is read aloud.
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