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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.110
‘মহাভাগবত’-লক্ষণ শুনি ভাগবতে ।
সে-সব লক্ষণ প্রকট দেখিয়ে তাঁহাতে ॥ ১১০ ॥
‘mahā-bhāgavata’-lakṣaṇa śuni bhāgavate
se-saba lakṣaṇa prakaṭa dekhiye tāṅhāte
“We have heard about the symptoms of a first-class devotee in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and all those symptoms are manifest in the body of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam describes the symptoms of a first-class devotee.
The speaker has heard about these symptoms.
All those symptoms are manifest in the body of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.
The mood of Madhya 17 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:
At Vārāṇasī, Vaidya Candraśekhara, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s old friend, also rendered service unto Him. Seeing the behavior of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, a Maharashtriyan brāhmaṇa informed Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, the leader of the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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What does it mean to you that all these symptoms are manifest in Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Reread the verse and note its connection between the symptoms heard about in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and those manifest in Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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