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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.258
লক্ষ লক্ষ লোক আইসে কৌতুক দেখিতে ।
লোকের সংঘট্টে পথ না পারি চলিতে ॥ ২৫৮ ॥
lakṣa lakṣa loka āise kautuka dekhite
lokera saṅghaṭṭe patha nā pāri calite
“Many hundreds of thousands of people came to see Me out of curiosity, and due to such a large crowd I could not travel very freely on the road.
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Many hundreds of thousands of people came to see Him.
They came out of curiosity.
The crowd was so large that He could not travel freely on the road.
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 there He went to Rāmakeli, where He saw Śrī Rūpa and Sanātana and accepted them as His chief disciples. Returning from Rāmakeli, He met Raghunātha dāsa and after giving him instructions sent him back home.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “freely”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can curiosity lead us to overlook the needs of the person we wish to see?
When sharing a walkway today, leave room for others to move freely.
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