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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.43
মাধব, বাসুদেব-ঘোষ, — দুই সহোদর ।
নৃত্য করেন তাহাঁ পণ্ডিত-বক্রেশ্বর ॥ ৪৩ ॥
mādhava, vāsudeva-ghoṣa, — dui sahodara
nṛtya karena tāhāṅ paṇḍita-vakreśvara
Two brothers named Mādhava Ghoṣa and Vāsudeva Ghoṣa also joined this group as responsive singers. Vakreśvara Paṇḍita was the dancer.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Mādhava Ghoṣa and Vāsudeva Ghoṣa were two brothers.
Both brothers joined this group as responsive singers.
Vakreśvara Paṇḍita was the dancer.
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:
At that time, King Pratāparudra took a broom with a golden handle and began to cleanse the road. Lord Jagannātha took permission from the goddess of fortune and then started in the car for the Guṇḍicā temple.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 brothers and Vakreśvara Paṇḍita participating in different roles?
Today, recall the two brothers’ names and the name of the dancer.
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