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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.54
রথযাত্রা-দিনে প্রভু সব ভক্ত লঞা ।
রথ-আগে নৃত্য করিবেন প্রেমাবিষ্ট হঞা ॥ ৫৪ ॥
ratha-yātrā-dine prabhu saba bhakta lañā
ratha-āge nṛtya karibena premāviṣṭa hañā
“On the day of the car festival, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu will dance before the Deity in great ecstatic love.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would dance on the day of the car festival.
His dancing would take place before the Deity.
He would dance in great ecstatic 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:
During Anavasara, while Lord Jagannātha was resting for fifteen days, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, being unable to see Lord Jagannātha, went to Ālālanātha. Later, when the devotees from Bengal came to see Him, He returned to Jagannātha Purī.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.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “festival”
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”
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What stands out to me about the love expressed in Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s dancing?
Spend a quiet minute remembering Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu dancing before the Deity in ecstatic love.
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