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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.202
প্রেমাবেশে মহাপ্রভু উপবন পাঞা ।
পুষ্পোদ্যানে গৃহপিণ্ডায় রহিলা পড়িয়া ॥ ২০২ ॥
premāveśe mahāprabhu upavana pāñā
puṣpodyāne gṛha-piṇḍāya rahilā paḍiyā
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entered the garden and, immersed in great ecstatic emotion, fell flat on a raised platform there.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entered the garden.
He was immersed in great ecstatic emotion.
In that state, He fell flat on a raised platform.
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.
How does the description of His ecstatic emotion shape your understanding of this scene?
Spend a quiet minute recalling the Lord entering the garden, immersed in ecstatic emotion.
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