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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.97
করঙ্গের জলে করে সর্বাঙ্গ সিঞ্চন ।
বহির্বাস লঞা করে অঙ্গ সংবীজন ॥ ৯৭ ॥
karaṅgera jale kare sarvāṅga siñcana
bahirvāsa lañā kare aṅga saṁvījana
Govinda sprinkled water from a karaṅga waterpot all over the Lord’s body, and then, taking His own outer garment, he began to fan Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Govinda sprinkled water from a karaṅga waterpot all over the Lord’s body.
He then took his own outer garment.
Using that garment, he began to fan Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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:
His body had become unusually long, and the joints of His bones were loose. The devotees gradually brought Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu back to His senses by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, and then they took Him back to His residence.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 14
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