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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.239
‘বল’ ‘বল’ বলে প্রভু শুনিতে উল্লাস ।
শ্রীবাস কহেন তবে রাস রসের বিলাস ॥ ২৩৯ ॥
‘bala’ ‘bala’ bale prabhu śunite ullāsa
śrīvāsa kahena tabe rāsa rasera vilāsa
When the Lord, hearing with great pleasure, said, “Go on speaking! Go on speaking!” Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura described the rāsa-līlā dance, which is filled with transcendental mellows.
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The Lord heard Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura with great pleasure.
He encouraged him by saying, “Go on speaking! Go on speaking!”
Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura described the rāsa-līlā dance, which is filled with transcendental mellows.
Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Finally, the chapter shows that the same son of mother Yaśodā, Lord Kṛṣṇa, tasted four transcendental mellows of devotional service in His form of Śacīnandana, the son of mother Śacī. To understand Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s ecstatic love for Him, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa assumed the form of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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In this verse: “mellows”, “rāsa-līlā”
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