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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.209
শুক-শারিকা প্রভুর হাতে উড়ি’ পড়ে ।
প্রভুকে শুনাঞা কৃষ্ণের গুণ-শ্লোক পড়ে ॥ ২০৯ ॥
śuka-śārikā prabhura hāte uḍi’ paḍe
prabhuke śunāñā kṛṣṇera guṇa-śloka paḍe
Both parrots flew onto the hand of the Lord and began to chant the transcendental qualities of Kṛṣṇa, and the Lord listened to them.
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Both parrots flew onto the hand of the Lord.
They began to chant the transcendental qualities of Kṛṣṇa.
The Lord listened to their chanting.
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:
Thereafter the Lord visited the twelve forests of Vṛndāvana and was filled with great ecstatic love. As He toured the Vṛndāvana forests, He heard the chirping of parrots and other birds.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.
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you give more attention to hearing Kṛṣṇa’s qualities?
Take a moment today to speak one quality of Kṛṣṇa you have read about, listening carefully as you do.
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