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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.174
দেখিতে আকর্ষয়ে সবার চিত্ত-মন ।
প্রেমামৃতবৃষ্ট্যে প্রভু সিঞ্চে সবার মন ॥ ১৭৪ ॥
dekhite ākarṣaye sabāra citta-mana
premāmṛta-vṛṣṭye prabhu siñce sabāra mana
The sight of all these symptoms attracted everyone’s mind and consciousness. Indeed, the Lord sprinkled everyone’s mind with the nectar of transcendental love of Godhead.
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The sight of all these symptoms attracted everyone’s mind.
Everyone’s consciousness was also drawn to what they saw.
The Lord sprinkled everyone’s mind with the nectar of transcendental love of Godhead.
Public ecstasy with inward longing. The festival’s collective joy carries the profound Vraja mood of meeting and separation.
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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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In this verse: “love of godhead”
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What draws your attention in the description of love of Godhead as nectar?
Pause today to reflect on the phrase “the nectar of transcendental love of Godhead.”
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