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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.239
নারদ কহে, — “পথ ভুলি’ আইলাঙ পুছিতে ।
মনে এক সংশয় হয়, তাহা খণ্ডাইতে ॥ ২৩৯ ॥
nārada kahe, — “patha bhuli’ āilāṅa puchite
mane eka saṁśaya haya, tāhā khaṇḍāite
“Nārada Muni replied, ‘Leaving the path, I have come to you to settle a doubt that is in my mind.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Nārada Muni explained that he had deliberately left the path to come to the hunter.
He said that he wanted to settle a doubt in his mind.
His reply introduced a question about the half-killed animals.
Intellectual wonder humbled. Many explanations converge on the attractiveness of devotion; a hunter’s heart is transformed.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
In this regard, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu narrated a story about how the great sage Nārada converted a hunter into a great Vaiṣṇava, and how this was appreciated by Nārada’s friend Parvata Muni. Sanātana Gosvāmī then offered a prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the glory of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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