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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.102
মাংস-ব্রণ সম রোমবৃন্দ পুলকিত ।
শিমুলীর বৃক্ষ যেন কণ্টক-বেষ্টিত ॥ ১০২ ॥
māṁsa-vraṇa sama roma-vṛnda pulakita
śimulīra vṛkṣa yena kaṇṭaka-veṣṭita
His skin erupted with goose pimples, and the hairs of His body stood on end. His body resembled the śimulī [silk cotton tree], all covered with thorns.
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His skin erupted with goose pimples.
The hairs of His body stood on end.
His body resembled the śimulī, or silk cotton tree, covered with thorns.
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:
Along that road the servants called gauḍas began to pull the cars. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu divided His saṅkīrtana party into seven divisions.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
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