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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.260
নদী-তীরে একখানি কুটীর করিয়া ।
তার আগে একপিণ্ডি তুলসী রোপিয়া ॥ ২৬০ ॥
nadī-tīre eka-khāni kuṭīra kariyā
tāra āge eka-piṇḍi tulasī ropiyā
“Nārada Muni continued, ‘Leave your home and go to the river. There you should construct a small cottage, and in front of the cottage you should grow a tulasī plant on a raised platform.
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Nārada Muni instructed the hunter to leave home and go to the river.
He directed the hunter to construct a small cottage there.
A tulasī plant was to grow on a raised platform in front of the cottage. The following instructions would make her care part of the hunter’s daily devotional life.
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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