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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.88
ফুকার পড়িল, মহা-কোলাহল হইল ।
যেই যাহাঁ ছিল সেই উঠিয়া ধাইল ॥ ৮৮ ॥
phukāra paḍila, mahā-kolāhala ha-ila
yei yāhāṅ chila sei uṭhiyā dhāila
First one devotee shouted loudly, and then a tumultuous uproar arose as all the devotees stood up and began to run after the Lord.
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First, one devotee shouted loudly.
Then a tumultuous uproar arose as all the devotees stood up.
The devotees began running after the Lord. The response spread from one devotee’s shout to the whole group.
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:
Seeing this, Svarūpa Dāmodara and the other devotees went outside and saw the Lord lying unconscious by the gate known as Siṁha-dvāra. His body had become unusually long, and the joints of His bones were loose.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 14
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What strikes me about the devotees’ shared response to the Lord’s sudden movement?
Trace the sequence in this verse: one shout, an uproar, everyone standing, and then running.
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