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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.171
ক্ষণেক ইহাঁ বৈস, বান্ধি’ রাখহ সবারে ।
ইঁহাকে পুছিয়া, তবে মারিহ সবারে ॥ ১৭১ ॥
kṣaṇeka ihāṅ vaisa, bāndhi’ rākhaha sabāre
iṅhāke puchiyā, tabe māriha sabāre
“Sit down here for a while and keep us all under arrest. When the sannyāsī regains his senses, you can question Him. Then, if you like, you can kill us all.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker offers to let everyone remain under arrest while the sannyāsī is unconscious.
Those holding them are invited to question Him when He regains His senses.
The speaker is willing to face death along with the others, but asks that the sannyāsī first be heard.
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:
However, when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu regained His senses, His associates were released. He talked with a person who was supposed to be a holy man in the party.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.
Am I willing to hear someone's account before deciding what happened?
Before judging a situation today, ask the person involved to explain.
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