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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.156
কুলিয়া নগর হৈতে পথ রত্নে বান্ধাইল ।
নিবৃন্ত পুষ্পশয্যা উপরে পাতিল ॥ ১৫৬ ॥
kuliyā nagara haite patha ratne bāndhāila
nivṛnta puṣpa-śayyā upare pātila
First Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī contemplated a broad road starting from the city of Kuliyā. He bedecked the road with jewels, upon which he then laid a bed of stemless flowers.
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Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī first contemplated a broad road starting from Kuliyā.
He bedecked this road with jewels.
Over the jewels, he laid a bed of stemless flowers.
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:
Because he wrote that verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was specifically blessed by the Lord. There is also a description of the many books written by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī.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 the jewels and carefully prepared flowers help you notice about his attention to detail?
Slowly picture the broad road, its jewels, and its covering of stemless flowers.
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