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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 13.129
কৃষ্ণের সৌন্দর্য-মাধুর্য যবে পড়ে, শুনে ।
প্রেমেতে বিহ্বল তবে, কিছুই না জানে ॥ ১২৯ ॥
kṛṣṇera saundarya-mādhurya yabe paḍe, śune
premete vihvala tabe, kichui nā jāne
When he recited or heard about the beauty and sweetness of Kṛṣṇa, he would be overwhelmed with ecstatic love and become oblivious to everything.
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Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa recited and heard about the beauty and sweetness of Kṛṣṇa.
These descriptions overwhelmed him with ecstatic love.
His absorption was so complete that he became oblivious to everything else.
Concern and affectionate restraint. Devotees seek to care for the Lord while He maintains His renounced practice.
The mood of Antya 13 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:
Once, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became ecstatic upon hearing the songs of a deva-dāsī. Unaware of who was singing, He ran toward her through thorny bushes, but when Govinda informed the Lord that it was a woman singing, He immediately stopped.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 13
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “ecstatic love”
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How attentively do I hear descriptions of Kṛṣṇa’s beauty and sweetness?
Read this translation slowly, giving your full attention to its description of love for Kṛṣṇa.
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