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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.90
উদ্দেশ করিতে করি দিগ্-দরশন ।
মুখ্য মুখ্য লীলার করি সূত্র গণন ॥ ৯০ ॥
uddeśa karite kari dig-daraśana
mukhya mukhya līlāra kari sūtra gaṇana
Just to indicate those pastimes, I am presenting a general survey of the chief pastimes in the form of a synopsis.
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The author presents a general survey of the pastimes.
This survey focuses on the chief pastimes and takes the form of a synopsis.
Its purpose is simply to indicate those pastimes, rather than give a full account.
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:
In this chapter there is a summary description of all the pastimes performed by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu during the middle period of His activities as well as the six years at the end of His activities. All of these are described in brief.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
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