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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.211
শুক-মুখে শুনি’ তবে কৃষ্ণের বর্ণন ।
শারিকা পড়য়ে তবে রাধিকা-বর্ণন ॥ ২১১ ॥
śuka-mukhe śuni’ tabe kṛṣṇera varṇana
śārikā paḍaye tabe rādhikā-varṇana
After hearing this description of Lord Kṛṣṇa from the male parrot, the female parrot began to recite a description of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
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The male parrot described Lord Kṛṣṇa.
The female parrot heard this description before beginning to speak.
She then began to recite a description of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.
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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.
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice about the movement from hearing about Kṛṣṇa to describing Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī?
Read the translation aloud once, noticing the order of hearing and speaking.
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