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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.108
ত্রিমল্ল ভট্টের ঘরে কৈল প্রভু বাস ।
তাহাঞি রহিলা প্রভু বর্ষা চারি মাস ॥ ১০৮ ॥
trimalla bhaṭṭera ghare kaila prabhu vāsa
tāhāñi rahilā prabhu varṣā cāri māsa
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lived at the house of Trimalla Bhaṭṭa for the four months of the rainy season.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lived at the house of Trimalla Bhaṭṭa.
His stay lasted four months.
These were the four months of the rainy season.
Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 1 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:
There is also a description of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstasy that occurred when He recited the verse beginning yaḥ kaumāra-haraḥ, as well as a description of how that ecstasy was explained in the verse beginning priyaḥ so ’yaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ, by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. Because he wrote that verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was specifically blessed by the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
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What stands out to you about Trimalla Bhaṭṭa hosting Mahāprabhu for four months?
Take a moment today to reflect on Trimalla Bhaṭṭa’s opportunity to host Mahāprabhu.
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