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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.26
সেই দুইজন প্রভুরে করে আশ্বাসন ।
স্বরূপ গায়, রায় করে শ্লোক পঠন ॥ ২৬ ॥
sei dui-jana prabhure kare āśvāsana
svarūpa gāya, rāya kare śloka paṭhana
To enhance the ecstatic mood of the Lord, Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī would sing appropriate songs and Rāmānanda Rāya would recite suitable verses. In this way they were able to pacify Him.
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Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī sang songs appropriate to the Lord’s ecstatic mood.
Rāmānanda Rāya recited suitable verses to enhance that mood.
Through these songs and verses, the two associates were able to pacify the Lord.
Absorbed searching. The Lord lives the gopīs’ search for Kṛṣṇa with ecstatic transformations.
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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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