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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.81
এইমত নিতাই বুলে সকল মণ্ডলে ।
দাণ্ডাঞা রঙ্গ দেখে বৈষ্ণব সকলে ॥ ৮১ ॥
ei-mata nitāi bule sakala maṇḍale
dāṇḍāñā raṅga dekhe vaiṣṇava sakale
In this way Lord Nityānanda was walking through all the groups of eaters, and all the Vaiṣṇavas standing there were seeing the fun.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Nityānanda walked through all the groups of eaters.
The Vaiṣṇavas standing there watched the fun.
His movement among the groups was part of the joyful gathering.
Longing fulfilled. Raghunātha’s sustained desire for the Lord culminates in arrival, shelter, and renunciation.
The mood of Antya 6 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:
Then Raghunātha dāsa went to Pānihāṭi, and following the order of Nityānanda Prabhu, he observed a festival ( ciḍā-dadhi-mahotsava ) by distributing chipped rice mixed with yogurt. The day after the festival, Nityānanda Prabhu gave Raghunātha dāsa the blessing that he would very soon attain the shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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