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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.108
কভু ভূমে পড়ে, কভু শ্বাস হয় হীন ।
যাহা দেখি’ ভক্তগণের প্রাণ হয় ক্ষীণ ॥ ১০৮ ॥
kabhu bhūme paḍe, kabhu śvāsa haya hīna
yāhā dekhi’ bhakta-gaṇera prāṇa haya kṣīṇa
When the Lord fell to the ground, sometimes His breathing almost stopped. When the devotees saw this, their lives also became very feeble.
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The Lord sometimes fell to the ground.
At such times, His breathing sometimes almost stopped.
Seeing this, the devotees felt their own lives become very feeble.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the devotees’ response reveal to you about how deeply the Lord’s condition affected them?
Pause over the devotees’ response today and reflect on their deep concern for the Lord.
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