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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.120
এত কহি’ গৌরপ্রভু ভাবাবিষ্ট হঞা ।
দুই শ্লোকের অর্থ করে প্রলাপ করিয়া ॥ ১২০ ॥
eta kahi’ gaura-prabhu bhāvāviṣṭa hañā
dui ślokera artha kare pralāpa kariyā
After saying this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was overwhelmed by ecstatic loving emotions. Talking like a madman, He began to explain the meaning of the two verses.
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After reciting the verse, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was overwhelmed by ecstatic loving emotions.
His speech is described as being like that of a madman, in the context of this overwhelming love.
He began to explain the meaning of the two verses that had just been recited.
Sweetness amidst longing. Jagannātha’s prasādam awakens intense awareness of Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness.
The mood of Antya 16 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:
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ate the remnants of food known as vallabha-bhoga, He described the glories of such remnants of the Lord’s food and then fed all the devotees the prasādam. Thus they all tasted adharāmṛta, the nectar from the lips of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 16
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the description of ecstatic love shape your reading of His explanation?
Reread the two preceding quoted verses before moving on to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s explanation.
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