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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.21
ঘাঘর, কিঙ্কিণী বাজে, ঘণ্টার ক্বণিত ।
নানা চিত্র-পট্টবস্ত্রে রথ বিভূষিত ॥ ২১ ॥
ghāghara, kiṅkiṇī bāje, ghaṇṭāra kvaṇita
nānā citra-paṭṭa-vastre ratha vibhūṣita
The car was also decorated with silken cloth and various pictures. Many brass bells, gongs and ankle bells rang.
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Silken cloth decorated the car.
Various pictures also adorned it.
Many brass bells, gongs and ankle bells rang.
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:
This function is called Pāṇḍu-vijaya. At that time, King Pratāparudra took a broom with a golden handle and began to cleanse the road.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
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How do the decorations and ringing instruments together shape my impression of the car?
Read the verse slowly, picturing the cloth and pictures and imagining the bells and gongs.
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