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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.96
এইমত তিন-রাত্রি লোকের গমন ।
সবে আসি’ কহে, — কৃষ্ণ পাইলুঁ দরশন ॥ ৯৬ ॥
ei-mata tina-rātri lokera gamana
sabe āsi’ kahe, — kṛṣṇa pāiluṅ daraśana
For three successive nights people went to Kālīya-daha to see Kṛṣṇa, and everyone returned saying, “Now we have seen Kṛṣṇa Himself.”
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For three successive nights, people went to Kālīya-daha.
Their purpose was to see Kṛṣṇa.
Everyone returned saying, “Now we have seen Kṛṣṇa Himself.”
Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
At Kālīya Lake, many people mistook a fisherman for Kṛṣṇa. When some respectable people came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, they expressed their opinion that when one takes sannyāsa, he becomes Nārāyaṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
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What stands out to you about their repeated visits and the words they spoke afterward?
Write down the people’s purpose for going and their statement on returning.
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