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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.85
এইমত মহাপ্রভু দেখি’ জগন্নাথে ।
সুভদ্রা-সহিত দেখে, বংশী নাহি হাতে ॥ ৮৫ ॥
ei-mata mahāprabhu dekhi’ jagannāthe
subhadrā-sahita dekhe, vaṁśī nāhi hāte
In this way, when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw Jagannātha, He saw that the Lord was with His sister Subhadrā and was not holding a flute in His hand.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw Lord Jagannātha.
He saw that the Lord was with His sister Subhadrā.
He also saw that the Lord was not holding a flute in His hand.
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
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Which details does this translation draw your attention to when describing Jagannātha?
Read the translation once more and name the two details Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu observed.
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