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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.164
নমস্কার করিতে, কা’র উপরেতে চড়ে ।
প্রেমে কা’রে বংশী মারে, কাহাকে চাপড়ে ॥ ১৬৪ ॥
namaskāra karite, kā’ra uparete caḍe
preme kā’re vaṁśī māre, kāhāke cāpaḍe
In a joyful mood of love of God he sometimes climbed upon the shoulder of someone offering obeisances, and sometimes he struck others with his flute or mildly slapped them.
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He was in a joyful mood of love of God.
Sometimes he climbed upon the shoulder of someone offering obeisances.
Sometimes he struck others with his flute or mildly slapped them.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Therefore Rāmadāsa became sorry, broke his flute and went away. This was a great disaster for the brother of Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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