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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.100
সুভদ্রা-বলরামের হৃদয়ে উল্লাস ।
নৃত্য দেখি’ দুই জনার শ্রীমুখেতে হাস ॥ ১০০ ॥
subhadrā-balarāmera hṛdaye ullāsa
nṛtya dekhi’ dui janāra śrī-mukhete hāsa
The goddess of fortune, Subhadrā, and Lord Balarāma both felt great happiness and ecstasy within their hearts. Indeed, they were seen smiling at the dancing.
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The goddess of fortune, Subhadrā, and Lord Balarāma felt great happiness.
They experienced ecstasy within their hearts.
Their smiles were visible as they watched the dancing.
Public ecstasy with inward longing. The festival’s collective joy carries the profound Vraja mood of meeting and separation.
The mood of Madhya 13 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:
Lord Jagannātha took permission from the goddess of fortune and then started in the car for the Guṇḍicā temple. The road to the temple led along a broad, sandy beach, and on both sides of the road were residential quarters, houses and gardens.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
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How do their smiles help you appreciate the happiness described within their hearts?
Reread the verse and note its two expressions of joy: ecstasy within the heart and visible smiles.
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