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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.24
তাঁহার সম্মতি লঞা ভক্তে সুখ দিতে ।
রথে চড়ি’ বাহির হৈল বিহার করিতে ॥ ২৪ ॥
tāṅhāra sammati lañā bhakte sukha dite
rathe caḍi’ bāhira haila vihāra karite
Having taken permission from the goddess of fortune, the Lord came out to ride on the Ratha car and perform His pastimes for the pleasure of the devotees.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
As an ideal husband, Lord Jagannātha remained fifteen days with the supreme goddess of fortune. Taking her permission, He came out to give happiness to His devotees.
The Lord’s conjugal love in svakīya-rasa relates to the regulative principles observed in Dvārakā, where He has married queens. In Vṛndāvana, His conjugal love with His girlfriends, the gopīs, is called parakīya-rasa.
Lord Jagannātha leaves His secluded enjoyment in svakīya-rasa and goes to Vṛndāvana to enjoy parakīya-rasa. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura explains that the Lord’s pleasure in parakīya-rasa is superior.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “ratha”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”, “gopīs”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the Lord’s desire to give happiness to His devotees help me appreciate about Him?
Pause today to remember Lord Jagannātha coming out to ride on the Ratha car for His devotees’ pleasure.
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