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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.159
যাইতে এক বৃক্ষতলে প্রভু সবা লঞা ।
বসিলা, সবার পথ-শ্রান্তি দেখিয়া ॥ ১৫৯ ॥
yāite eka vṛkṣa-tale prabhu sabā lañā
vasilā, sabāra patha-śrānti dekhiyā
While walking, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, understanding that the others were fatigued, took them all beneath a tree and sat down.
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While walking, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu understood that the others were fatigued.
He took them all beneath a tree.
He sat down there, stopping the walk with His companions.
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.
Do I notice when those around me need a rest?
Check whether someone working or walking with you needs a short break.
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