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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.112
তাণ্ডব-নৃত্য ছাড়ি’ স্বরূপেরে আজ্ঞা দিল ।
হৃদয় জানিয়া স্বরূপ গাইতে লাগিল ॥ ১১২ ॥
tāṇḍava-nṛtya chāḍi’ svarūpere ājñā dila
hṛdaya jāniyā svarūpa gāite lāgila
After abandoning the dancing, the Lord ordered Svarūpa Dāmodara to sing. Understanding His mind, Svarūpa Dāmodara began to sing as follows.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord stopped dancing.
He ordered Svarūpa Dāmodara to sing.
Understanding the Lord’s mind, Svarūpa Dāmodara began to sing.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about Svarūpa Dāmodara understanding the Lord’s mind before singing?
Reflect today on the words “Understanding His mind” and how they describe Svarūpa Dāmodara’s response.
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