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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.121
পুনরপি নীলাচলে গমন করিল ।
ভক্তগণে মেলিয়া স্নানযাত্রা দেখিল ॥ ১২১ ॥
punarapi nīlācale gamana karila
bhakta-gaṇe meliyā snāna-yātrā dekhila
After collecting these books, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to Jagannātha Purī. At that time, the bathing ceremony of Jagannātha was taking place, and He saw it.
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After collecting the books, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to Jagannātha Purī.
The bathing ceremony of Jagannātha was taking place at that time.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw the bathing ceremony.
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 the moment of Mahāprabhu’s return to Jagannātha Purī?
Read the translation slowly and spend a moment remembering Mahāprabhu seeing Jagannātha’s bathing ceremony.
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