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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.175
প্রভু যবে স্নানে যান বিশ্বেশ্বর-দরশনে ।
দুইদিকে লোক করে প্রভু-বিলোকনে ॥ ১৭৫ ॥
prabhu yabe snāne yāna viśveśvara-daraśane
dui-dike loka kare prabhu-vilokane
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to take His bath in the Ganges and to see the temple of Viśveśvara, people would line up on both sides to see the Lord.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to bathe in the Ganges.
He also went to see the temple of Viśveśvara.
People lined up on both sides of His path to see Him. His journeys gave people an opportunity to see the Lord beyond His small residence.
Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.
The mood of Madhya 25 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:
One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to take a bath at Pañcanada, and afterwards all His devotees began chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra in front of the temple of Bindu Mādhava. At this time Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī and all his devotees approached the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
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What can I learn from the people’s eagerness to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Read this verse slowly, picturing only the scene it describes: the Lord passing between people gathered to see Him.
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