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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.183
‘উঠ’, ‘উঠ’ বলি’ মোরে বলে বার বার ।
উঠি’ তাঁর রূপ দেখি’ হৈনু চমৎকার ॥ ১৮৩ ॥
‘uṭha’, ‘uṭha’ bali’ more bale bāra bāra
uṭhi’ tāṅra rūpa dekhi’ hainu camatkāra
“Arise! Get up!” He told me again and again. Upon rising, I was greatly astonished to see His beauty.
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He told the narrator, “Arise! Get up!”
He repeated this instruction again and again.
Upon rising, the narrator was greatly astonished to see His beauty.
Shelter and wonder. The glory of Nityānanda reveals the intimate support behind the descent.
The mood of Ādi 5 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:
The Śvetadvīpa in the abode of Kṛṣṇa is identical with Vṛndāvana-dhāma, which is the place where Kṛṣṇa appears Himself to display His loving pastimes. In the Śvetadvīpa within every universe is a Śeṣa form of Godhead who serves Viṣṇu by assuming the form of His umbrella, slippers, couch, pillows, garments, residence, sacred thread, throne and so on.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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What strikes you about the narrator’s astonishment on seeing His beauty?
Read the verse slowly and pause over the words “greatly astonished.”
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