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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.56
প্রভুরে শোয়াঞা রামানন্দ গেলা ঘরে ।
স্বরূপ, গোবিন্দ শুইলা গম্ভীরার দ্বারে ॥ ৫৬ ॥
prabhure śoyāñā rāmānanda gelā ghare
svarūpa, govinda śuilā gambhīrāra dvāre
After the Lord was made to lie down, Rāmānanda Rāya returned home, and Svarūpa Dāmodara and Govinda lay down at the door of the Gambhīrā.
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The Lord has been made to lie down before Rāmānanda Rāya returns home.
Svarūpa Dāmodara and Govinda remain nearby.
They lie down at the door of the Gambhīrā, where the Lord is resting.
Longing beyond ordinary categories. Extreme separation alternates with moments of visionary encounter.
The mood of Antya 19 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:
To stop this, Svarūpa Dāmodara asked Śaṅkara Paṇḍita to stay at night in the same room with the Lord. This chapter further describes how Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entered the Jagannātha-vallabha garden during the full-moon night of Vaiśākha (April-May) and experienced various transcendental ecstasies.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 19
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What does the quiet presence of Svarūpa Dāmodara and Govinda help you appreciate about caring service?
Make yourself quietly available for a few minutes to someone who needs support.
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