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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.264
দেখিয়া ব্যাধের মনে হৈল চমৎকার ।
ঘরে গেল ব্যাধ, গুরুকে করি’ নমস্কার ॥ ২৬৪ ॥
dekhiyā vyādhera mane haila camatkāra
ghare gela vyādha, guruke kari’ namaskāra
“When the hunter saw the half-killed animals flee, he was certainly struck with wonder. He then offered his respectful obeisances to the sage Nārada and returned home.
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The hunter saw the animals that had been half-killed flee.
Their recovery certainly struck him with wonder.
He offered respectful obeisances to the sage Nārada and returned home, as Nārada had instructed him.
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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Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”
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