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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.13
ভক্ত-দুঃখ দেখি’ প্রভু মনেতে চিন্তিল ।
সন্ন্যাসীর মন ফিরাইতে মন হইল ॥ ১৩ ॥
bhakta-duḥkha dekhi’ prabhu manete cintila
sannyāsīra mana phirāite mana ha-ila
They submitted their request, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, seeing His devotees’ unhappiness, decided to turn the minds of the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs.
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Candraśekhara and Tapana Miśra submitted their request to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
He saw His devotees’ unhappiness over the criticism against Him.
In response, He decided to turn the minds of the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs.
Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
He was always very happy to hear the glories of the Lord, and it was by his arrangement that all the sannyāsīs of Vārāṇasī became devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He invited all the sannyāsīs to his house to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and this incident has been described in the seventh chapter of the Ādi-līlā.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
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