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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.194
চারিজনের পুনঃ পৃথক্ তিন তিন মূর্তি ।
কেশবাদি যাহা হৈতে বিলাসের পূর্তি ॥ ১৯৪ ॥
cāri-janera punaḥ pṛthak tina tina mūrti
keśavādi yāhā haite vilāsera pūrti
“Again these quadruple forms expand three times, beginning with Keśava. That is the fulfillment of the pastime forms.
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These quadruple forms expand again.
They expand three times, beginning with Keśava.
This is the fulfillment of the pastime forms.
Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.
The mood of Madhya 20 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:
On the way, Sanātana Gosvāmī met his brother-in-law, Śrīkānta, at Hājipura, and Śrīkānta helped him after he had heard about all Sanātana’s troubles. Thus Sanātana Gosvāmī finally arrived at Vārāṇasī and stood before the door of Candraśekhara.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
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What phrase does the translation use to describe the fulfillment of these expansions?
Read the translation aloud once, noting that these expansions begin with Keśava.
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