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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.119
সেই পুরাতন পত্র আগ্রহ করি’ নিল ।
রামদাসে দেখাইয়া দুঃখ খণ্ডাইল ॥ ১১৯ ॥
sei purātana patra āgraha kari’ nila
rāmadāse dekhāiyā duḥkha khaṇḍāila
Indeed, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu eagerly tore this page from the Kūrma Purāṇa, although the book was very old, and He later showed it to Rāmadāsa Vipra, whose unhappiness was mitigated.
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Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu eagerly tore the page from the Kūrma Purāṇa.
He took this page even though the book was very old.
He later showed the page to Rāmadāsa Vipra, whose unhappiness was mitigated.
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 do you notice about Mahāprabhu’s eagerness to bring this page to Rāmadāsa Vipra?
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