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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.71
শঙ্কর করেন প্রভুর পাদ-সম্বাহন ।
ঘুমাঞা পড়েন, তৈছে করেন শয়ন ॥ ৭১ ॥
śaṅkara karena prabhura pāda-samvāhana
ghumāñā paḍena, taiche karena śayana
Śaṅkara massaged the legs of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, but while massaging he would fall asleep and thus lie down.
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Śaṅkara massaged the legs of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
While massaging, he would fall asleep and lie down.
The next verse describes how the Lord cared for him as he slept.
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 do I notice about the personal care surrounding Śaṅkara’s service?
Read this verse and the next together, noticing both Śaṅkara’s service and the Lord’s response.
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