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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.72
এত ভাবি’ গৌড়দেশে করিলুঁ গমন ।
মাতা, গঙ্গা ভক্তে দেখি’ সুখী হৈল মন ॥ ৭২ ॥
eta bhāvi’ gauḍa-deśe kariluṅ gamana
mātā, gaṅgā bhakte dekhi’ sukhī haila mana
“Thus I went to Bengal, and I was very happy to see My mother, the river Ganges and the devotees.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to Bengal.
There He saw His mother, the river Ganges and the devotees.
Seeing them brought Him great happiness.
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.
Which reunion with family or devotees has brought you happiness?
Tell a family member or devotee that seeing them has brought you happiness.
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