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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.196
সুস্থ হঞা প্রভু করে অঙ্গ-কণ্ডূয়ন ।
প্রভু-সঙ্গে চলে, নাহি ছাড়ে ধেনুগণ ॥ ১৯৬ ॥
sustha hañā prabhu kare aṅga-kaṇḍūyana
prabhu-saṅge cale, nāhi chāḍe dhenu-gaṇa
Becoming pacified, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began to caress the cows, and the cows, being unable to give up His company, went with Him.
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Becoming pacified, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began to caress the cows.
The cows were unable to give up His company.
They went with Him rather than leave 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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the cows’ unwillingness to leave reveal about their affection for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Spend a quiet minute remembering Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu caressing the cows as they stay with Him.
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