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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.21
তোমার নাম শুনি’ হৈল মহা-প্রেমাবেশ ।
মোর হাতে ধরি’ করে পিরীতি বিশেষ ॥ ২১ ॥
tomāra nāma śuni’ haila mahā-premāveśa
mora hāte dhari’ kare pirīti viśeṣa
“My dear Lord, as soon as the King heard Your holy name, he was immediately overwhelmed by great ecstatic love. Catching my hand, he displayed all the symptoms of love.
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As soon as the King heard the Lord’s holy name, he was overwhelmed by great ecstatic love.
He caught Rāmānanda Rāya’s hand.
The King displayed all the symptoms of love.
Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.
The mood of Madhya 11 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:
When Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya tried his best to arrange a meeting between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and King Pratāparudra, the Lord flatly denied his request. At this time Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya returned from his governmental post, and he praised King Pratāparudra highly in Lord Caitanya’s presence.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “ecstatic love”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “holy name”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the King’s response deepen your appreciation for hearing the holy name?
Read the words “Your holy name” slowly and reflect on the love the King experienced upon hearing it.
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