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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 13.81
তারে মিলিবারে প্রভু আবেশে ধাইলা ।
পথে ‘সিজের বাড়ি’ হয়, ফুটিয়া চলিলা ॥ ৮১ ॥
tāre milibāre prabhu āveśe dhāilā
pathe ‘sijera bāḍi’ haya, phuṭiyā calilā
As the Lord ran in ecstasy to meet the singer, thorny hedges pricked His body.
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The Lord ran in ecstasy to meet the singer.
As He ran, thorny hedges pricked His body.
The surrounding verses show His absorption: He did not feel the pain, while Govinda hurried behind Him.
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:
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. By this incident, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed everyone that sannyāsīs and Vaiṣṇavas should not hear women singing.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 13
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