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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.225
অলৌকিক-লীলা প্রভুর অলৌকিক-রীতি ।
শুনিলেও ভাগ্যহীনের না হয় প্রতীতি ॥ ২২৫ ॥
alaukika-līlā prabhura alaukika-rīti
śunileo bhāgya-hīnera nā haya pratīti
The pastimes and methods of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are uncommon. Unfortunate is he who cannot believe even after hearing all these things.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are uncommon.
His methods are also uncommon.
The translation calls unfortunate the person who cannot believe even after hearing all these things.
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:
The same village today is known as the village of Pāṭhāna Vaiṣṇavas. After bathing in the Ganges at Soro, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu arrived at Prayāga, at the confluence of three rivers — the Ganges, Yamunā and Sarasvatī.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.
How do you respond when you hear about His uncommon pastimes and methods?
Read the translation again today and take a quiet moment to reflect honestly on your faith in what you have heard.
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