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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.236
প্রেম দেখি’ লোকে হৈল মহা-চমৎকার ।
সর্বলোক কৈল প্রভুর পরম সৎকার ॥ ২৩৬ ॥
prema dekhi’ loke haila mahā-camatkāra
sarva-loka kaila prabhura parama satkāra
All the people there were greatly astonished to see the ecstatic pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. They all received the Lord very well.
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The people witnessed the ecstatic pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
They were all greatly astonished by what they saw.
They all received the Lord very well.
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
The mood of Madhya 9 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:
At Pāṇḍarapura the Lord received news from Śrī Raṅga Purī that Śaṅkarāraṇya (Viśvarūpa) had disappeared there. He then went to the banks of the Kṛṣṇa-veṇvā River, where He collected from among the Vaiṣṇava brāhmaṇas a book written by Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura, Śrī Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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