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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.195
আগে নৃত্য করে গৌর লঞা ভক্তগণ ।
রথ রাখি’ জগন্নাথ করেন দরশন ॥ ১৯৫ ॥
āge nṛtya kare gaura lañā bhakta-gaṇa
ratha rākhi’ jagannātha karena daraśana
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees were dancing in front of the car, and Lord Jagannātha, having stopped the car, watched the dancing.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was dancing with His devotees.
They danced in front of Lord Jagannātha’s car.
Lord Jagannātha stopped the car and watched their dancing.
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.
What draws your attention in this scene of the Lord watching the devotees dance?
Spend a minute recalling the scene: Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees dancing before Lord Jagannātha.
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