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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.79
এই মত রথযাত্রা সকলে দেখিল ।
প্রভুর চরিত্রে ভট্টের চমৎকার হৈল ॥ ৭৯ ॥
eta mata ratha-yātrā sakale dekhila
prabhura caritre bhaṭṭera camatkāra haila
Thus Vallabha Bhaṭṭa witnessed the car festival. He was simply astonished by the characteristics of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Vallabha Bhaṭṭa witnessed the car festival.
The characteristics of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left him astonished.
The preceding verses describe the Lord’s dancing, beauty and ecstatic love as part of what he witnessed.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “festival”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “ecstatic love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which of the Lord’s characteristics described here most invites your reflection?
Write one sentence about the Lord’s dancing, beauty or ecstatic love that you wish to remember.
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