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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.192
‘বন’ দেখিবারে যদি প্রভুর মন হৈল ।
সেইত ব্রাহ্মণে প্রভু সঙ্গেতে লইল ॥ ১৯২ ॥
‘vana’ dekhibāre yadi prabhura mana haila
seita brāhmaṇe prabhu saṅgete la-ila
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to see the various forests of Vṛndāvana, He took the brāhmaṇa with Him.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to see the forests of Vṛndāvana.
His wish was to visit the various forests, not merely one.
He took the brāhmaṇa with 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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
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What do you notice about the Lord including the brāhmaṇa in His journey?
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