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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.213
পুনঃ শুক কহে, — কৃষ্ণ ‘মদনমোহন’ ।
তবে আর শ্লোক শুক করিল পঠন ॥ ২১৩ ॥
punaḥ śuka kahe, — kṛṣṇa ‘madana-mohana’
tabe āra śloka śuka karila paṭhana
Thereafter the male parrot said, “Kṛṣṇa is the enchanter of the mind of Cupid.” He then began to recite another verse.
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The male parrot spoke again.
He described Kṛṣṇa as the enchanter of the mind of Cupid.
He then began to recite another verse.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you in the description of Kṛṣṇa as the enchanter of Cupid’s mind?
Slowly repeat the description, “Kṛṣṇa is the enchanter of the mind of Cupid.”
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