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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 10.69
এই পদে নৃত্য করেন পরম-আবেশে ।
সবলোক চৌদিকে প্রভুর প্রেম-জলে ভাসে ॥ ৬৯ ॥
ei pade nṛtya karena parama-āveśe
saba-loka caudike prabhura prema-jale bhāse
Simply because of this line, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was dancing in greatly ecstatic love. People all around Him floated in the water of His tears.
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Simply because of this line, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced in greatly ecstatic love.
His tears flowed so abundantly that people around Him floated in their water.
The scene brings together His dancing, His tears and the people gathered around Him.
Tender service. Food prepared and carried with love becomes a medium of intimate exchange.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu also enjoyed the ceremony in the water with His devotees. As previously, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed the cleansing ceremony at Guṇḍicā and chanted the famous verse jagamohana-pari-muṇḍā yāu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 10
Learn the words of the verse.
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: “gathered”, “together”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “ecstatic love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about the depth of love awakened by this line?
Read the translation slowly once, pausing to reflect on Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstatic love.
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