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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.27
একজন আসি’ রাত্রে গ্রামীকে বলিল ।
‘তোমার গ্রাম মারিতে তুরুক-ধারী সাজিল ॥ ২৭ ॥
eka-jana āsi’ rātre grāmīke balila
‘tomāra grāma mārite turuka-dhārī sājila
One person who came to the village informed the inhabitants, “The Turkish soldiers are now preparing to attack your village.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
A person came to the village with a warning.
He informed the inhabitants that Turkish soldiers were preparing to attack.
The warning concerned an attack on their own village.
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:
He then saw the Deity Harideva at Govardhana Village. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had no desire to climb Govardhana Hill because the hill is worshiped as Kṛṣṇa.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 would you respond to a serious warning affecting your community?
Reflect for a moment on why the villagers needed to listen carefully to this warning.
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