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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.83
সেইকালে তপনমিশ্র করে গঙ্গাস্নান ।
প্রভু দেখি’ হৈল তাঁর কিছু বিস্ময় জ্ঞান ॥ ৮৩ ॥
sei-kāle tapana-miśra kare gaṅgā-snāna
prabhu dekhi’ haila tāṅra kichu vismaya jñāna
At that time, Tapana Miśra was taking his bath in the Ganges, and he was astonished to see the Lord there.
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Tapana Miśra was taking his bath in the Ganges.
He saw the Lord there while he was bathing.
Seeing the Lord filled Tapana Miśra with astonishment.
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:
After taking His bath at the Maṇikarṇikā-ghāṭa at Vārāṇasī, He met Tapana Miśra, who took the Lord to his place and respectfully gave Him a comfortable residence. At Vārāṇasī, Vaidya Candraśekhara, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s old friend, also rendered service unto Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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