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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.263
সংক্ষেপে কহিলুঁ এই মধ্যলীলার সার ।
কোটিগ্রন্থে বর্ণন না যায় ইহার বিস্তার ॥ ২৬৩ ॥
saṅkṣepe kahiluṅ ei madhya-līlāra sāra
koṭi-granthe varṇana nā yāya ihāra vistāra
I have now summarized the entire subject matter of the Madhya-līlā. These pastimes cannot be described elaborately even in millions of books.
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The author has now summarized the entire subject matter of the Madhya-līlā.
This is a summary rather than an exhaustive description.
These pastimes cannot be described elaborately even in millions of books.
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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