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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.57
এই ভাবে নৃত্যমধ্যে পড়ে এক শ্লোক ।
সেই শ্লোকের অর্থ কেহ নাহি বুঝে লোক ॥ ৫৭ ॥
ei bhāve nṛtya-madhye paḍe eka śloka
sei ślokera artha keha nāhi bujhe loka
In that ecstasy, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recited a verse when dancing in front of Lord Jagannātha. Almost no one could understand the meaning of that verse.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was dancing in front of Lord Jagannātha.
In that ecstasy, He recited a verse.
Almost no one could understand the meaning of the verse He recited.
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.
How can you remain attentive when the meaning of the Lord’s expression is not yet clear to you?
Reread this translation and acknowledge one thing about the Lord’s ecstasy that you do not yet understand.
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