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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.162
তবে সব লোক শুনিতে আগ্রহ করিল ।
‘একষষ্টি’ অর্থ প্রভু বিবরি’ কহিল ॥ ১৬২ ॥
tabe saba loka śunite āgraha karila
‘ekaṣaṣṭi’ artha prabhu vivari’ kahila
When all the people gathered there expressed the desire to hear again the sixty-one different meanings of the ātmārāma-śloka, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again explained them.
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All the people gathered there wanted to hear the sixty-one different meanings of the ātmārāma-śloka again.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu responded to their desire by explaining those meanings once more.
Their request shows eagerness to hear again, even after already receiving the explanation.
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 then explained the catuḥ-ślokī (four ślokas ) of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the essence of that great scripture. From that day on, all the sannyāsīs of Vārāṇasī became devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
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