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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.170
প্রভুর হৃদয়ে আনন্দসিন্ধু উথলিল ।
উন্মাদ, ঝঞ্ঝা-বাত তত্ক্ষণে উঠিল ॥ ১৭০ ॥
prabhura hṛdaye ānanda-sindhu uthalila
unmāda, jhañjhā-vāta tat-kṣaṇe uṭhila
An ocean of transcendental bliss expanded in the heart of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and symptoms of madness immediately intensified like a hurricane.
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Transcendental bliss expanded in the heart of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
This bliss is described as an ocean, expressing its vastness.
Symptoms of madness immediately intensified like a hurricane.
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “madness”
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How do the images of an ocean and a hurricane help you appreciate the intensity of this transcendental bliss?
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