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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.31
অদ্বৈত-আচার্য, আর প্রভু-নিত্যানন্দ ।
শ্রীহস্ত-স্পর্শে দুঁহার হইল আনন্দ ॥ ৩১ ॥
advaita-ācārya, āra prabhu-nityānanda
śrī-hasta-sparśe duṅhāra ha-ila ānanda
Similarly, when Advaita Ācārya and Nityānanda Prabhu felt the touch of the transcendental hand of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, They were very pleased.
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Advaita Ācārya and Nityānanda Prabhu felt the touch of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s hand.
The verse describes His hand as transcendental.
They were very pleased by His touch.
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:
After bathing early in the morning, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw the deities (Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā) get aboard their three cars. This function is called Pāṇḍu-vijaya.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 do you appreciate about the pleasure Advaita Ācārya and Nityānanda Prabhu felt?
Read the verse aloud once, attending to the connection between His transcendental touch and Their pleasure.
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