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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.83
ছয় ঋতুগণ যাহাঁ বসন্ত প্রধান ।
দেখি’ আনন্দিত হৈলা গৌর ভগবান্ ॥ ৮৩ ॥
chaya ṛtu-gaṇa yāhāṅ vasanta pradhāna
dekhi’ ānandita hailā gaura bhagavān
The six seasons, especially spring, seemed present there. Seeing the garden, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was very happy.
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All six seasons seemed to be present in the garden.
Spring was especially prominent in this rich atmosphere.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is identified as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Seeing the garden made Him very happy.
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:
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. Overwhelmed with ecstatic love at suddenly seeing Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa beneath an aśoka tree, He exhibited various symptoms of spiritual madness.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 19
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