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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.67
নিরন্তর প্রেমাবেশে নির্জনে গমন ।
সুখ অনুভবি’ প্রভু কহেন বচন ॥ ৬৭ ॥
nirantara premāvese nirjane gamana
sukha anubhavi’ prabhu kahena vacana
While traveling in this secluded forest and feeling very happy, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu made the following statement.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was traveling through a secluded forest.
He felt very happy during this journey.
While traveling in this happy mood, He began to speak.
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:
If there were no village, Balabhadra would cook whatever rice remained and collect some spinach from the forest for the Lord to eat. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very pleased with the behavior of Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya.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 happiness described in this secluded setting?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s happiness in the forest.
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