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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.29
শুনিয়া গ্রামের লোক চিন্তিত হইল ।
প্রথমে গোপাল লঞা গাঁঠুলি-গ্রামে খুইল ॥ ২৯ ॥
śuniyā grāmera loka cintita ha-ila
prathame gopāla lañā gāṅṭhuli-grāme khuila
Hearing this, all the villagers became very anxious. They first took Gopāla and moved Him to a village known as Gāṅṭhuli.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Hearing the warning, all the villagers became very anxious.
Their first action was to take Gopāla.
They moved Him to a village known as Gāṅṭhuli.
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 Gopāla Deity could understand the mind of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; therefore on the plea of being attacked by Muslims, Gopāla transferred Himself to the village of Gāṅṭhuli-grāma. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then went to Gāṅṭhuli-grāma to see Lord Gopāla.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 can you learn from the villagers’ first action amid their anxiety?
Take a quiet moment to reflect on how the villagers cared for Gopāla even while anxious.
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