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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.164
যাহাঁ যায় প্রভু, তাহাঁ কোটিসংখ্য লোক ।
দেখিতে আইসে, দেখি’ খণ্ডে দুঃখ-শোক ॥ ১৬৪ ॥
yāhāṅ yāya prabhu, tāhāṅ koṭi-saṅkhya loka
dekhite āise, dekhi’ khaṇḍe duḥkha-śoka
Wherever the Lord visited, crowds of innumerable people came to see Him. When they saw Him, all their unhappiness and lamentation disappeared.
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Wherever the Lord visited, people came to see Him.
The crowds were so great that the people were described as innumerable.
Upon seeing Him, all their unhappiness and lamentation disappeared.
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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lamentation”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the disappearance of their lamentation reveal about seeing the Lord?
Spend one quiet minute reflecting on the relief people experienced upon seeing the Lord.
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