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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.90
‘বল্’ ‘বল্’ বলি’ প্রভু কহেন বারবার ।
না গায় স্বরূপ-গোসাঞি শ্রম দেখি’ তাঁর ॥ ৯০ ॥
‘bal’ ‘bal’ bali’ prabhu kahena bāra-bāra
nā gāya svarūpa-gosāñi śrama dekhi’ tāṅra
Over and over again Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “Go on! Sing! Sing!” But Svarūpa Dāmodara, seeing the Lord’s fatigue, did not resume singing.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu repeatedly called, “Go on! Sing! Sing!”
Svarūpa Dāmodara saw that the Lord was fatigued.
Although the Lord asked for more singing, Svarūpa Dāmodara did not resume.
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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Do I pay attention to someone’s tiredness as well as their words?
Check whether a tired person near you needs rest or practical help.
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