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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.164
তবে মহাপ্রভু সেই ব্রাহ্মণে লঞা ।
তাঁহারে পুছিলা কিছু নিভৃতে বসিয়া ॥ ১৬৪ ॥
tabe mahāprabhu sei brāhmaṇe lañā
tāṅhāre puchilā kichu nibhṛte vasiyā
After this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took the brāhmaṇa aside. Sitting in a solitary place, the Lord began to question him.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took the brāhmaṇa aside.
The Lord sat with him in a solitary place.
In that quiet setting, the Lord began to question him.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu next passed through Prayāga and Mathurā and then took His lunch at the home of a Sānoḍiyā brāhmaṇa, a disciple of Mādhavendra Purī. He bestowed His blessings upon the brāhmaṇa by accepting lunch at his place.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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