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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.177
সার্বভৌমে প্রভু বসাঞাছেন বাম-পাশে ।
দুই ভক্তের স্নেহ দেখি’ সার্বভৌম হাসে ॥ ১৭৭ ॥
sārvabhaume prabhu vasāñāchena vāma-pāśe
dui bhaktera sneha dekhi’ sārvabhauma hāse
The Lord made Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya sit on His left side, and when Sārvabhauma saw the behavior of Svarūpa Dāmodara and Jagadānanda, he smiled.
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The Lord made Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya sit on His left side.
Sārvabhauma saw the behavior of Svarūpa Dāmodara and Jagadānanda.
Seeing their behavior, he smiled.
Purification through joyful service. Collective cleansing becomes a visible devotional act before Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 12 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:
After all the Vaiṣṇavas finished their luncheon, Svarūpa Dāmodara and others took their prasādam within the room. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took great pleasure when He saw the Jagannātha Deity after the period of the Deity’s retirement.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 12
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