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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.26
রথে চড়ি’ জগন্নাথ করিলা গমন ।
দুইপার্শ্বে দেখি’ চলে আনন্দিত-মন ॥ ২৬ ॥
rathe caḍi’ jagannātha karilā gamana
dui-pārśve dekhi’ cale ānandita-mana
As Lord Jagannātha rode in His car and saw the beauty on both sides, His mind was filled with pleasure.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Jagannātha rode in His car.
He saw the beauty on both sides.
Seeing this beauty filled His mind with pleasure.
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.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the description of Lord Jagannātha’s pleasure shape your appreciation of this scene?
Spend a quiet moment recalling Lord Jagannātha enjoying the beauty on both sides of His car.
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