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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.23
পঞ্চদশ দিন ঈশ্বর মহালক্ষ্মী লঞা ।
তাঁর সঙ্গে ক্রীড়া কৈল নিভৃতে বসিয়া ॥ ২৩ ॥
pañca-daśa dina īśvara mahā-lakṣmī lañā
tāṅra saṅge krīḍā kaila nibhṛte vasiyā
For fifteen days the Lord had remained in a secluded place with the supreme goddess of fortune and had performed His pastimes with her.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
For fifteen days, the Lord remained in a secluded place and performed His pastimes with the supreme goddess of fortune.
This period of anavasara is also called nibhṛta, in honor of the solitary place where the supreme goddess of fortune lives.
After living there a fortnight, Lord Jagannātha took permission from the goddess of fortune to leave.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Lord Jagannātha took permission from the goddess of fortune and then started in the car for the Guṇḍicā temple. The road to the temple led along a broad, sandy beach, and on both sides of the road were residential quarters, houses and gardens.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
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What detail in this account of the Lord’s secluded pastimes draws my attention?
Write down the terms anavasara and nibhṛta with a brief explanation drawn from the purport.
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