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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.37
হেনকালে ব্যাঘ্র তথা আইল পাঁচ-সাত ।
ব্যাঘ্র-মৃগী মিলি’ চলে মহাপ্রভুর সাথ ॥ ৩৭ ॥
hena-kāle vyāghra tathā āila pāṅca-sāta
vyāghra-mṛgī mili’ cale mahāprabhura sātha
While Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was passing through the jungle, five or seven tigers came. Joining the deer, the tigers began to follow the Lord.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was passing through the jungle.
Five or seven tigers came.
The tigers joined the deer and began to follow the Lord.
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
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What strikes you about the tigers joining the deer to follow the Lord?
Pause today to picture the scene described here: tigers and deer following Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu together.
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