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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.218
ময়ূরের কণ্ঠ দেখি’ প্রভুর কৃষ্ণস্মৃতি হৈল ।
প্রেমাবেশে মহাপ্ৰভু ভূমিতে পড়িল ॥ ২১৮ ॥
mayūrera kaṇṭha dekhi’ prabhura kṛṣṇa-smṛti haila
premāveśe mahāprabhu bhūmite paḍila
When the Lord saw the bluish necks of the peacocks, His remembrance of Kṛṣṇa immediately awakened, and He fell to the ground in ecstatic love.
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The Lord saw the bluish necks of the peacocks.
At that sight, His remembrance of Kṛṣṇa immediately awakened.
He fell to the ground in ecstatic love.
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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In this verse: “ecstatic love”
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What strikes you about the immediacy of the Lord’s remembrance of Kṛṣṇa?
Pause for a minute to remember Kṛṣṇa while reflecting on the sight that awakened the Lord’s remembrance.
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