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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.133
সেই ভাবাবেশে প্রভু পড়ে আর শ্লোক ।
সেই সব শ্লোকের অর্থ নাহি বুঝে লোক ॥ ১৩৩ ॥
sei bhāvāveśe prabhu paḍe āra śloka
sei saba ślokera artha nāhi bujhe loka
In that ecstatic mood, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recited many other verses, but people in general could not understand their meaning.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued in that ecstatic mood.
In that mood, He recited many other verses.
People in general could not understand the meaning of those verses.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu divided His saṅkīrtana party into seven divisions. With two mṛdaṅgas in each division, there were altogether fourteen mṛdaṅgas.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
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