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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.28
একদিন পথে ব্যাঘ্র করিয়াছে শয়ন ।
আবেশে তার গায়ে প্রভুর লাগিল চরণ ॥ ২৮ ॥
eka-dina pathe vyāghra kariyāche śayana
āveśe tāra gāye prabhura lāgila caraṇa
One day a tiger was lying on the path, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, walking along the path in ecstatic love, touched the tiger with His feet.
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One day a tiger was lying on the path.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu walked along that path in ecstatic love.
As He walked, He touched the tiger with His feet.
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:
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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In this verse: “ecstatic love”
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