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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 10.50
প্রভুর এই জলক্রীড়া দাস-বৃন্দাবন ।
‘চৈতন্যমঙ্গলে’ বিস্তারি’ করিয়াছেন বর্ণন ॥ ৫০ ॥
prabhura ei jala-krīḍā dāsa-vṛndāvana
‘caitanya-maṅgale’ vistāri’ kariyāchena varṇana
In his Caitanya-maṅgala [now known as Caitanya-bhāgavata], Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has given a detailed description of the activities the Lord performed in the water.
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Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura described the Lord’s activities in the water.
His account appears in Caitanya-maṅgala, now known as Caitanya-bhāgavata.
That description is detailed. The verse directs attention to this existing account.
Tender service. Food prepared and carried with love becomes a medium of intimate exchange.
The mood of Antya 10 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 following summary of chapter ten is given by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. Before the Ratha-yātrā ceremony, all the devotees from Bengal started for Jagannātha Purī as usual.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 10
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
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Write down the title Caitanya-bhāgavata and its author, Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura, as a reference for further reading.
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