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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.115
ধীরে ধীরে জগন্নাথ করেন গমন ।
আগে নৃত্য করি’ চলেন শচীর নন্দন ॥ ১১৫ ॥
dhīre dhīre jagannātha karena gamana
āge nṛtya kari’ calena śacīra nandana
The car of Lord Jagannātha began to move slowly while the son of mother Śacī went ahead and danced in front.
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Lord Jagannātha’s car began to move slowly.
The son of mother Śacī went ahead of the car.
He danced in front as Lord Jagannātha’s car moved.
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 helps you picture the Lord’s slow-moving car and the dancing before Him?
Pause for a minute today to picture the scene exactly as described: the car moving slowly and the son of mother Śacī dancing in front.
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