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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.242
মধ্যলীলার ক্রম এবে করি অনুবাদ ।
অনুবাদ কৈলে হয় কথার আস্বাদ ॥ ২৪২ ॥
madhya-līlāra krama ebe kari anuvāda
anuvāda kaile haya kathāra āsvāda
I shall now review the chapters of the Madhya-līlā chronologically so that one can relish the transcendental features of these topics.
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The author now reviews the chapters of the Madhya-līlā in chronological order.
This review helps the reader recall the topics described in those chapters.
The purpose is to relish the transcendental features of these topics, not merely remember their order.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to Jagannātha Purī through the great forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa (Jharkhand) in central India. At the end of this chapter, Kavirāja Gosvāmī sums up the incidents of the madhya-līlā and instructs every living being to read this sublime book of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
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