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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.181
সম্ভ্রমে প্রতাপরুদ্র প্রভুকে ধরিল ।
তাঁহাকে দেখিতে প্ৰভুর বাহ্যজ্ঞান হইল ॥ ১৮১ ॥
sambhrame pratāparudra prabhuke dharila
tāṅhāke dekhite prabhura bāhya-jñāna ha-ila
Mahārāja Pratāparudra picked the Lord up with great respect, but upon seeing the King, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to His external senses.
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Mahārāja Pratāparudra picked the Lord up.
He did so with great respect.
Upon seeing the King, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to His external senses.
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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Offer one small act of help today with deliberate care and respect.
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