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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.23
স্বরূপ-গোসাঞি সবায় কৈল নিবারণ ।
নিবৃত্ত হঞা রহে সবে জানি’ প্রভুর মন ॥ ২৩ ॥
svarūpa-gosāñi sabāya kaila nivāraṇa
nivṛtta hañā rahe sabe jāni’ prabhura mana
While all the devotees were searching for the Lord, Svarūpa Dāmodara restrained them. Then everyone fell silent, knowing the mind of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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All the devotees were searching for the Lord.
Svarūpa Dāmodara restrained them.
Knowing the mind of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, everyone fell silent.
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:
Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī selected a brāhmaṇa named Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya to personally assist Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Early in the morning before sunrise, the Lord started for the town of Kaṭaka (Cuttack).Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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