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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.280
সূর্য যৈছে উদয় করি’ চাহে লুকাইতে ।
বুঝিতে না পারি তৈছে তোমার চরিতে ॥ ২৮০ ॥
sūrya yaiche udaya kari’ cāhe lukāite
bujhite nā pāri taiche tomāra carite
“It is as if the sun, after rising, wanted to hide itself. We cannot understand such characteristics in Your behavior.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord’s behavior is compared to the sun wanting to hide after rising.
The image highlights the contrast between being revealed and wanting to remain hidden.
The speaker admits that such characteristics in the Lord’s behavior cannot be understood.
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 the many books written by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī. There is also a description of the meeting between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī in the village known as Rāmakeli.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.
How does the image of the risen sun help you consider the Lord’s wish to remain hidden?
Pause for a moment and picture the risen sun trying to hide itself.
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