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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.28
আজি রাত্র্যে পলাহ, না রহিহ একজন ।
ঠাকুর লঞা ভাগ’, আসিবে কালি যবন ॥’ ২৮ ॥
āji rātrye palāha, nā rahiha eka-jana
ṭhākura lañā bhāga’, āsibe kāli yavana’
“Flee this village tonight, and do not allow one person to remain. Take the Deity with you and leave, for the Muslim soldiers will come tomorrow.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The villagers were urged to flee that very night.
They were told not to allow even one person to remain.
They were instructed to take the Deity with them, because the Muslim soldiers would come the next day.
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.
What stands out to you about the instruction to take both everyone and the Deity to safety?
Write down the three parts of the warning: leave tonight, leave no one behind, and take the Deity.
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