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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.163
হেনকালে তাহাঁ আশোয়ার দশ আইলা ।
ম্লেচ্ছ-পাঠান ঘোড়া হৈতে উত্তরিলা ॥ ১৬৩ ॥
hena-kāle tāhāṅ āśoyāra daśa āilā
mleccha-pāṭhāna ghoḍā haite uttarilā
While the Lord was unconscious, ten cavalry soldiers belonging to the Muslim Pāṭhāna military order rode up and dismounted.
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The Lord remained unconscious when the soldiers arrived.
Ten cavalry soldiers rode up.
They belonged to the Muslim Pāṭhāna military order and dismounted.
Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.
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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
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