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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.68
শুন, ভট্টাচার্য, — “আমি গেলাঙ বহু-দেশ ।
বনপথে দুঃখের কাহাঁ নাহি পাই লেশ ॥ ৬৮ ॥
śuna, bhaṭṭācārya, — “āmi gelāṅa bahu-deśa
vana-pathe duḥkhera kāhāṅ nāhi pāi leśa
“My dear Bhaṭṭācārya, I have traveled very far through the forest, and I have not even slightly received any trouble.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu addressed Bhaṭṭācārya affectionately.
He said that He had traveled very far through the forest.
Despite the distance, He had not experienced even the slightest trouble.
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.
When have you had reason to be thankful for a journey without trouble?
Recall one journey that went smoothly and take a moment to appreciate it.
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