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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.81
পুষ্পগন্ধ লঞা বহে মলয়-পবন ।
‘গুরু’ হঞা তরুলতায় শিখায় নাচন ॥ ৮১ ॥
puṣpa-gandha lañā vahe malaya-pavana
‘guru’ hañā taru-latāya śikhāya nācana
A mild breeze was blowing, carrying the fragrance of aromatic flowers. The breeze had become a guru and was teaching all the trees and creepers how to dance.
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A mild breeze carried the fragrance of aromatic flowers through the garden.
The breeze is described as a guru, teaching the trees and creepers how to dance.
This gentle movement forms part of the garden atmosphere that delighted Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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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