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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.341
একাদশী, জন্মাষ্টমী, বামনদ্বাদশী ।
শ্রীরামনবমী, আর নৃসিংহচতুর্দশী ॥ ৩৪১ ॥
ekādaśī, janmāṣṭamī, vāmana-dvādaśī
śrī-rāma-navamī, āra nṛsiṁha-caturdaśī
“Ekādaśī, Janmāṣṭamī, Vāmana-dvādaśī, Rāma-navamī and Nṛsiṁha-caturdaśī — all these should be described.
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Ekādaśī and Janmāṣṭamī are among the observances that should be described.
Vāmana-dvādaśī should also be included.
Rāma-navamī and Nṛsiṁha-caturdaśī likewise require explanation.
Intellectual wonder humbled. Many explanations converge on the attractiveness of devotion; a hunter’s heart is transformed.
The mood of Madhya 24 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:
Sanātana Gosvāmī then offered a prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the glory of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. After this, the Lord gave Sanātana Gosvāmī a synopsis of Hari-bhakti-vilāsa, which Sanātana Gosvāmī later developed into the guiding principle of all Vaiṣṇavas.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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