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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.168
শ্রীজগন্নাথের দেখে শ্রীমুখ-কমল ।
তাহার উপর সুন্দর নয়নযুগল ॥ ১৬৮ ॥
śrī-jagannāthera dekhe śrī-mukha-kamala
tāhāra upara sundara nayana-yugala
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu looked upon the beautiful lotuslike face and eyes of Lord Jagannātha.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu looked upon Lord Jagannātha.
He beheld Lord Jagannātha’s beautiful lotuslike face.
He also looked upon Lord Jagannātha’s beautiful lotuslike eyes.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this description help me attend to Lord Jagannātha’s beauty?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the beautiful lotuslike face and eyes of Lord Jagannātha described here.
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