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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.11
স্বরূপ, রামানন্দ, — এই দুইজন লঞা ।
বিলাপ করেন দুঁহার কণ্ঠেতে ধরিয়া ॥ ১১ ॥
svarūpa, rāmānanda, — ei dui-jana lañā
vilāpa karena duṅhāra kaṇṭhete dhariyā
That night, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was attended by Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Rāmānanda Rāya. Keeping His hands around their necks, the Lord began to lament.
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That night, Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Rāmānanda Rāya attended Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
The Lord kept His hands around their necks.
In their company, He began to lament, sharing the intense emotions described in the following verses.
Absorbed searching. The Lord lives the gopīs’ search for Kṛṣṇa with ecstatic transformations.
The mood of Antya 15 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:
Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī recited a verse from the Gīta-govinda just suitable to the Lord’s emotions. Caitanya Mahāprabhu then exhibited the ecstatic transformations known as bhāvodaya, bhāva-sandhi, bhāva-śābalya and so on.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 15
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lament”
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What does this scene show you about being present with someone in distress?
Give someone a few minutes of attentive company today, without rushing to offer advice.
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