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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.176
প্রভুর নৃত্য প্রেম দেখি’ হয় চমৎকার ।
কৃষ্ণপ্রেম উছলিল হৃদয়ে সবার ॥ ১৭৬ ॥
prabhura nṛtya prema dekhi’ haya camatkāra
kṛṣṇa-prema uchalila hṛdaye sabāra
Upon seeing the dancing and ecstatic love of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, everyone became astonished. In their hearts they became infatuated with love of Kṛṣṇa.
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Everyone saw the dancing and ecstatic love of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
The sight astonished them all.
In their hearts, they became infatuated with love of Kṛṣṇa.
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:
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.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of krsna”, “ecstatic love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the change in the spectators’ hearts deepen your appreciation of His dancing?
Read the verse once more, giving special attention to love of Kṛṣṇa as the effect of seeing His dancing.
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