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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.186
প্রভুর বচনে রাজার মনে হৈল ভয় ।
সার্বভৌম কহে, — তুমি না কর সংশয় ॥ ১৮৬ ॥
prabhura vacane rājāra mane haila bhaya
sārvabhauma kahe, — tumi nā kara saṁśaya
King Pratāparudra became frightened when Lord Caitanya showed external anger, but Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya told the King, “Don’t worry.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Caitanya showed external anger.
King Pratāparudra became frightened when he saw this anger.
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya reassured the King by telling him, “Don’t worry.”
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do I respond when someone offers reassurance during a frightening moment?
Offer a few gentle words of reassurance to someone who is worried today.
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