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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.72
রথযাত্রায় জগন্নাথ দর্শন করিলা ।
রথ-অগ্রে প্রভুর নৃত্য-কীর্তন দেখিলা ॥ ৭২ ॥
ratha-yātrāya jagannātha darśana karilā
ratha-agre prabhura nṛtya-kīrtana dekhilā
During the Ratha-yātrā ceremony Rūpa Gosvāmī saw Lord Jagannātha. He also saw Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu dancing and chanting in front of the ratha.
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During the Ratha-yātrā ceremony, Rūpa Gosvāmī saw Lord Jagannātha.
He also saw Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu dancing and chanting.
Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu was dancing and chanting in front of the ratha.
Recognition and encouragement. Rūpa’s devotional insight receives the Lord’s approval; even a dog receives mercy.
The mood of Antya 1 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 next day, when Śivānanda and his party reached Jagannātha Purī, Śivānanda saw the dog eating some coconut pulp offered to it by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. After this incident, the dog was liberated and went back home, back to Godhead.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 1
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “ratha-yātrā”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chanting”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What draws your attention in this description of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Ratha-yātrā?
Spend a quiet minute recalling the scene described here: Lord Jagannātha and Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu dancing and chanting before the ratha.
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