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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.162
নৃত্যকালে সেই ভাবে আবিষ্ট হঞা ।
শ্লোক পড়ি’ নাচে জগন্নাথ-মুখ চাঞা ॥ ১৬২ ॥
nṛtya-kāle sei bhāve āviṣṭa hañā
śloka paḍi’ nāce jagannātha-mukha cāñā
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced completely absorbed in ecstatic emotion. While looking at the face of Lord Jagannātha, He danced and recited these verses.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced completely absorbed in ecstatic emotion.
As He danced, He looked at the face of Lord Jagannātha.
He recited these verses while dancing and looking at the Lord.
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:
While performing kīrtana, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu exhibited various symptoms of transcendental ecstasy, and Jagannātha and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu exchanged Their feelings very blissfully. When the cars reached the place known as Balagaṇḍi, the devotees offered the deities simple food.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
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What stands out to me about the Lord’s complete absorption while looking at Lord Jagannātha?
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