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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.27
‘গৌড়’ সব রথ টানে করিয়া আনন্দ ।
ক্ষণে শীঘ্র চলে রথ, ক্ষণে চলে মন্দ ॥ ২৭ ॥
‘gauḍa’ saba ratha ṭāne kariyā ānanda
kṣaṇe śīghra cale ratha, kṣaṇe cale manda
The pullers of the car were known as gauḍas, and they pulled with great pleasure. However, the car sometimes went very fast and sometimes very slow.
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The pullers of the car were known as gauḍas.
They pulled the car with great pleasure.
The car sometimes moved very fast and sometimes very slowly.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about the pullers’ pleasure alongside the car’s changing pace?
Read the verse once more, giving special attention to the pleasure with which the gauḍas pulled.
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