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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.5
রাত্র্যে উঠি’ বনপথে পলাঞা যাব ।
একাকী যাইব, কাহোঁ সঙ্গে না লইব ॥ ৫ ॥
rātrye uṭhi’ vana-pathe palāñā yāba
ekākī yāiba, kāhoṅ saṅge nā la-iba
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “I shall leave early in the morning and go incognito, taking the road through the forest. I shall go alone — I shall not take anyone with Me.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said He would leave early in the morning.
He planned to go incognito, traveling without being recognized, along the forest road.
He said He would go alone and take no one with 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:
Early in the morning before sunrise, the Lord started for the town of Kaṭaka (Cuttack). 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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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