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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.105
জলযন্ত্র-ধারা যৈছে বহে অশ্রুজল ।
আশ-পাশে লোক যত ভিজিল সকল ॥ ১০৫ ॥
jalayantra-dhārā yaiche vahe aśru-jala
āśa-pāśe loka yata bhijila sakala
Tears came forcefully from the eyes of the Lord, as if from a syringe, and all the people surrounding Him became wet.
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Tears came forcefully from the Lord’s eyes.
Their force is compared to water coming from a syringe.
All the people surrounding Him became wet with His tears.
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the image of everyone becoming wet help you notice about the force of the Lord’s tears?
Read the translation slowly today, pausing to picture the Lord’s tears reaching those around Him.
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