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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.71
চেতন পাইতে অস্থি-সন্ধি লাগিল ।
পূর্বপ্রায় যথাবৎ শরীর হইল ॥ ৭১ ॥
cetana pāite asthi-sandhi lāgila
pūrva-prāya yathāvat śarīra ha-ila
As soon as the Lord returned to external consciousness, all His joints contracted and His entire body returned to normal.
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The Lord returned to external consciousness after the chanting described in the preceding verse.
As soon as He returned to external consciousness, all His joints contracted.
His entire body returned to normal, reversing the condition the devotees had witnessed.
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:
As soon as He perceived this woman, however, His external consciousness immediately returned, and He saw Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā. Caitanya Mahāprabhu also saw Kṛṣṇa in a dream, and He was overwhelmed with ecstatic love.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.
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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How does this verse complete the account of the Lord’s changed bodily condition?
Reread the description of His separated joints and then this verse, noting the contrast.
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