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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 13.80
দূরে গান শুনি’ প্রভুর হইল আবেশ ।
স্ত্রী, পুরুষ, কে গায়, — না জানে বিশেষ ॥ ৮০ ॥
dūre gāna śuni’ prabhura ha-ila āveśa
strī, puruṣa, ke gāya, — nā jāne viśeṣa
Hearing the song from a distance, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu immediately became ecstatic. He did not know whether it was a man or a woman singing.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard the song from a distance.
On hearing it, He immediately became ecstatic.
He did not know whether the singer was a man or a woman.
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the Lord’s immediate response help me appreciate about this song?
Spend a minute reflecting on the Lord’s ecstatic response to hearing Gīta-govinda.
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