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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.259
যথা রহি, তথা ঘর-প্রাচীর হয় চূর্ণ ।
যথা নেত্র পড়ে তথা লোক দেখি পূর্ণ ॥ ২৫৯ ॥
yathā rahi, tathā ghara-prācīra haya cūrṇa
yathā netra paḍe tathā loka dekhi pūrṇa
“Indeed, the crowd was so large that the house and the boundary walls of the house where I stayed were destroyed, and wherever I looked I could see only large crowds.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The crowd around His place of stay was very large.
The house and its boundary walls were destroyed.
Wherever He looked, He could see only large crowds.
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:
Thereafter He visited the house of Rāghava Paṇḍita, and from there He went to Kumārahaṭṭa and eventually to Kuliyā, where He excused many offenders. From there He went to Rāmakeli, where He saw Śrī Rūpa and Sanātana and accepted them as His chief disciples.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you be mindful of a place and its surroundings when joining a crowd?
At a shared place today, take care not to crowd or damage its surroundings.
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