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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.135
স্বরূপ সঙ্গে যার অর্থ করে আস্বাদন ।
নৃত্যমধ্যে সেই শ্লোক করেন পঠন ॥ ১৩৫ ॥
svarūpa saṅge yāra artha kare āsvādana
nṛtya-madhye sei śloka karena paṭhana
While dancing, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began to recite the following verse, which He tasted in the association of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was dancing.
While dancing, He began to recite the following verse.
He tasted that verse in the association of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.
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:
When the cars reached the place known as Balagaṇḍi, the devotees offered the deities simple food. At this time, in a nearby garden, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees took a brief rest from the dancing.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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