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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.142
প্ৰভুরে মিলিলা সর্ব বৈষ্ণব আসিয়া ।
জলক্রীড়া কৈল প্রভু সবারে লইয়া ॥ ১৪২ ॥
prabhure mililā sarva vaiṣṇava āsiyā
jala-krīḍā kaila prabhu sabāre la-iyā
After arriving at Jagannātha Purī, all the Vaiṣṇavas met with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Later, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sported in the water, taking all the devotees with Him.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
All the Vaiṣṇavas arrived at Jagannātha Purī.
They met with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu after arriving.
Later, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sported in the water, taking all the devotees with Him.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice about the Lord taking all the devotees with Him?
Read the verse again, pausing to remember the Lord together with all His devotees.
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