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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.219
দর্শন-আনন্দে প্রভু সব পাসরিলা ।
ভক্তগণ মধ্যাহ্ন করিতে প্রভুরে লঞা গেলা ॥ ২১৯ ॥
darśana-ānande prabhu saba pāsarilā
bhakta-gaṇa madhyāhna karite prabhure lañā gelā
Feeling such great pleasure upon seeing the face of Lord Jagannātha, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu forgot everything. The devotees, however, took Him to His lunch at noontime.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu felt great pleasure upon seeing the face of Lord Jagannātha.
His pleasure was so great that He forgot everything.
The devotees took Him to His lunch at noontime.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took great pleasure when He saw the Jagannātha Deity after the period of the Deity’s retirement. At that time Lord Caitanya was accompanied by all the devotees, and all of them were very pleased.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 12
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