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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.215
সেই বিপ্রে, কৃষ্ণদাসে, প্রভু বিদায় দিলা ।
যোড়-হাতে দুইজন কহিতে লাগিলা ॥ ২১৫ ॥
sei vipre, kṛṣṇadāse, prabhu vidāya dilā
yoḍa-hāte dui-jana kahite lāgilā
At Soro-kṣetra, the Lord requested the Sanoḍiyā brāhmaṇa and Rājaputa Kṛṣṇadāsa to return home, but with folded hands they began to speak as follows.
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At Soro-kṣetra, the Lord spoke to the Sanoḍiyā brāhmaṇa and Rājaputa Kṛṣṇadāsa.
He requested that they return home.
They folded their hands and began to speak in reply.
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:
Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya decided to take Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Prayāga after visiting the holy place known as Soro-kṣetra. While stopping near a village on the way to Prayāga, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fainted in ecstatic love.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you bring the respect shown by their folded hands into your own responses?
Before replying to a request today, pause and choose respectful words.
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