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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.176
শুনিয়া পাঠান মনে সঙ্কোচ হইল ।
হেনকালে মহাপ্রভু ‘চৈতন্য’ পাইল ॥ ১৭৬ ॥
śuniyā pāṭhāna mane saṅkoca ha-ila
hena-kāle mahāprabhu ‘caitanya’ pāila
Upon hearing this challenge, the Pāṭhāna soldiers became hesitant. Then suddenly Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu regained consciousness.
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The Pāṭhāna soldiers hear the challenge.
Upon hearing it, they become hesitant.
Then Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu suddenly regains consciousness.
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
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Reread the verse and briefly note what changes for the soldiers and for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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