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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.182
রাজা দেখি’ মহাপ্রভু করেন ধিক্কার ।
ছি, ছি, বিষয়ীর স্পর্শ হইল আমার ॥ ১৮২ ॥
rājā dekhi’ mahāprabhu karena dhikkāra
chi, chi, viṣayīra sparśa ha-ila āmāra
After seeing the King, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu condemned Himself, saying, “Oh, how pitiful it is that I have touched a person who is interested in mundane affairs!”
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After seeing the King, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu condemned Himself.
He lamented that He had touched a person interested in mundane affairs.
His words expressed how pitiful He considered this contact.
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: “lamented”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the Lord’s lament prompt you to examine about your own interest in mundane affairs?
Take a minute today to identify one mundane concern that occupies your attention and reflect on it in light of the Lord’s words.
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