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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.222
কণ্টক-দুর্গম বনে অঙ্গ ক্ষত হৈল ।
ভট্টাচার্য কোলে করি’ প্রভুরে সুস্থ কৈল ॥ ২২২ ॥
kaṇṭaka-durgama vane aṅga kṣata haila
bhaṭṭācārya kole kari’ prabhure sustha kaila
When the Lord rolled on the ground, sharp thorns injured His body. Taking Him on his lap, Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya pacified Him.
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The Lord rolled on the ground.
Sharp thorns injured His body as He rolled.
Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya took Him on his lap and pacified 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:
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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