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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.77
তবে মহাপ্রভু সবার নৃত্য রাখিলা ।
পূর্ববৎ আপনে নৃত্য করিতে লাগিলা ॥ ৭৭ ॥
tabe mahāprabhu sabāra nṛtya rākhilā
pūrvavat āpane nṛtya karite lāgilā
Then Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stopped the dancing of the others, and as He had done previously, He personally began to dance.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stopped the dancing of the others.
He then personally began to dance, as He had done previously.
In the following verse, His beauty and ecstatic love draw Vallabha Bhaṭṭa’s attention.
Pride softened by grace. Humor and correction lead toward humility and a relationship of devotion.
The mood of Antya 7 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:
Before this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw that Vallabha Bhaṭṭa was greatly attached to Gadādhara Paṇḍita. Therefore He acted as if displeased with Gadādhara Paṇḍita.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 7
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “ecstatic love”
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How does this verse direct your attention toward Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Take a quiet moment today to remember Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally dancing.
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