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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.179
ভয় পাঞা ম্লেচ্ছ ছাড়ি’ দিল চারিজন ।
প্রভু না দেখিল নিজ-গণের বন্ধন ॥ ১৭৯ ॥
bhaya pāñā mleccha chāḍi’ dila cāri-jana
prabhu nā dekhila nija-gaṇera bandhana
Seized by fear, all the Pāṭhāna soldiers immediately released the four persons. Thus Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu did not see His personal associates arrested.
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All the Pāṭhāna soldiers were seized by fear.
They immediately released the four persons they had arrested.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu therefore did not see His personal associates under arrest.
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:
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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