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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.30
আর দিনে মহাপ্রভু করে নদী স্নান ।
মত্তহস্তিযূথ আইল করিতে জলপান ॥ ৩০ ॥
āra dine mahāprabhu kare nadī snāna
matta-hasti-yūtha āila karite jala-pāna
Another day, while Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was bathing in a river, a herd of maddened elephants came there to drink water.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was bathing in a river.
A herd of maddened elephants came to that river.
The elephants came there to drink water.
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:
North of Kaṭaka, He penetrated a dense forest and came upon many tigers and elephants, whom He engaged in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. Whenever the Lord had a chance to visit a village, Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya would beg alms and acquire some rice and vegetables.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 do you notice about the setting in which the elephants came near Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Spend a moment recalling the scene: the Lord bathing in the river and the elephants arriving to drink.
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