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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.180
এইমত প্রভু নৃত্য করিতে ভ্রমিতে ।
প্ৰতাপরুদ্রের আগে লাগিলা পড়িতে ॥ ১৮০ ॥
ei-mata prabhu nṛtya karite bhramite
pratāparudrera āge lāgilā paḍite
When Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was dancing and wandering in this way, He fell down in front of Mahārāja Pratāparudra.
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Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was dancing.
He was also wandering as He danced.
During this dancing and wandering, He fell down in front of Mahārāja Pratāparudra.
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:
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can you attend closely to this moment without adding reasons the verse does not give?
Read the verse once and briefly recall its sequence: dancing, wandering, and falling before Mahārāja Pratāparudra.
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