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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.52
আর এক শক্তি প্রভু করিল প্রকাশ ।
এককালে সাত ঠাঞি করিল বিলাস ॥ ৫২ ॥
āra eka śakti prabhu karila prakāśa
eka-kāle sāta ṭhāñi karila vilāsa
Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu then exhibited another mystic power by performing pastimes simultaneously in all seven groups.
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Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu exhibited another mystic power.
He performed His pastimes in all seven groups.
These pastimes took place simultaneously, not one group after another.
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
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What inspires wonder in you about the Lord’s simultaneous presence in all seven groups?
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