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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.148
“সহিতে না পারি আমি লোকের গড়বড়ি ।
নিমন্ত্রণ লাগি’ লোক করে হুড়াহুড়ি ॥ ১৪৮ ॥
“sahite nā pāri āmi lokera gaḍabaḍi
nimantraṇa lāgi’ loka kare huḍāhuḍi
Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya told the Lord, “I can no longer tolerate the disturbance of the crowd. People are coming one after another to offer invitations.
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Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya tells the Lord that he can no longer tolerate the crowd's disturbance.
People are coming one after another.
Their repeated visits to offer invitations have become difficult for him to bear.
Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.
The mood of Madhya 18 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:
Some Pāṭhāna soldiers who were passing through saw Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and falsely concluded that the Lord’s associates, Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya and others, had killed the Lord with a poison named dhuturā and were taking His wealth. Thus the soldiers arrested them.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can you acknowledge when repeated demands have become too much for you?
Name one demand that feels overwhelming, and express your difficulty calmly to someone involved.
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