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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.190
রাঙ্গা–যষ্টি হস্তে দোলে যেন মত্ত সিংহ ।
চারিপাশে বেড়ি আছে চরণেতে ভৃঙ্গ ॥ ১৯০ ॥
rāṅgā-yaṣṭi haste dole yena matta siṁha
cāri-pāśe veḍi āche caraṇete bhṛṅga
His red stick moving in His hand, He seemed like a maddened lion. All around the four sides of His feet were bumblebees.
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His red stick moved in His hand.
He seemed like a maddened lion.
Bumblebees surrounded His feet on all four sides.
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:
Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja’s brother invited Śrī Mīnaketana Rāmadāsa, a great devotee of Lord Nityānanda, to his home, but a priest named Guṇārṇava Miśra did not receive him well, and Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī’s brother, not recognizing the glories of Lord Nityānanda, also took sides with the priest. Therefore Rāmadāsa became sorry, broke his flute and went away.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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