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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.94
রাজা কহে — দেখি’ মোর হৈল চমৎকার ।
বৈষ্ণবের ঐছে তেজ দেখি নাহি আর ॥ ৯৪ ॥
rājā kahe — dekhi’ mora haila camatkāra
vaiṣṇavera aiche teja dekhi nāhi āra
The King said, “Upon seeing all these devotees, I am very much astonished, for I have never seen such an effulgence.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The King looks upon all the devotees.
Seeing their effulgence fills him with astonishment.
He says that he has never seen such an effulgence before.
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:
Later, when the devotees from Bengal came to see Him, He returned to Jagannātha Purī. While Advaita Ācārya and the other devotees were coming to Jagannātha Purī, Svarūpa Dāmodara and Govinda, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s two personal assistants, went to receive all the devotees with garlands.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to me about the King’s response to the devotees?
Reread the King’s words slowly and pause to consider his astonishment.
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