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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.40
রাত্রি হৈলে স্বরূপ-রামানন্দে লঞা ।
আপন মনের ভাব কহে উঘাড়িয়া ॥ ৪০ ॥
rātri haile svarūpa-rāmānande lañā
āpana manera bhāva kahe ughāḍiyā
At night, Lord Caitanya would reveal to Svarūpa Dāmodara and Rāmānanda Rāya the ecstatic feelings of His mind.
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At night, Lord Caitanya would reveal the ecstatic feelings of His mind.
He shared these feelings with Svarūpa Dāmodara and Rāmānanda Rāya.
These conversations accompanied His life of chanting, dancing and deep absorption in Kṛṣṇa.
Intense yearning. Darśana, dreams, and visions of Vraja bring overwhelming separation.
The mood of Antya 14 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:
One night, Govinda and Svarūpa Dāmodara noticed that although the three doors to the Lord’s room were closed and locked, the Lord was not present inside. Seeing this, Svarūpa Dāmodara and the other devotees went outside and saw the Lord lying unconscious by the gate known as Siṁha-dvāra.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 14
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “conversations”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chanting”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about the Lord revealing His inner feelings to these two companions?
Tonight, reread this verse and spend a quiet moment reflecting on the feelings the Lord shared.
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