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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.15
তাঁহা শুনে লোকে কহে অন্যোন্যে বাত্ ।
এক সন্ন্যাসী আসি’ দেখি’ জগন্নাথ ॥ ১৫ ॥
tāṅhā śune loke kahe anyonye bāt
eka sannyāsī āsi’ dekhi’ jagannātha
There the devotees heard the people talking about a mendicant who had come to Jagannātha Purī and seen the Deity of Jagannātha.
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The devotees heard people talking.
The people spoke about a mendicant who had come to Jagannātha Purī.
They said that the mendicant had seen the Deity of Jagannātha.
Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.
The mood of Madhya 6 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:
After hearing about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s fainting and His being carried to the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, people crowded there to see the Lord. Śrīla Nityānanda Prabhu and other devotees then visited the Jagannātha temple, and when they came back to the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to external consciousness.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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What information did the devotees receive by listening to the people?
Summarize the people’s report in one sentence, using only the details given here.
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