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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 12.22
নাচিতে নাচিতে গোপাল হইল মূর্চ্ছিত ।
ভূমেতে পড়িল, দেহে নাহিক সম্বিত ॥ ২২ ॥
nācite nācite gopāla ha-ila mūrcchita
bhūmete paḍila, dehe nāhika saṁvita
While all of them danced, Gopāla, dancing and dancing, fainted and fell to the ground unconscious.
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Gopāla danced while all the others were dancing.
As he continued dancing, he fainted.
He fell to the ground unconscious.
Loyalty and discernment. The narrative distinguishes fidelity to the ācārya from deviation.
The mood of Ādi 12 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:
In his early life Gopāla fainted during the cleansing of the Guṇḍicā-mandira at Jagannātha Purī and thus became a recipient of the mercy of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The story of Kamalākānta Viśvāsa concerns his borrowing three hundred rupees from Pratāparudra Mahārāja to clear a debt of Advaita Ācārya’s, for which Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu chastised him when He came to know of it.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 12
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