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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.58
সার্বভৌম-সঙ্গে রাজা করে ঠারাঠারি ।
আর কেহ নাহি জানে চৈতন্যের চুরি ॥ ৫৮ ॥
sārvabhauma-saṅge rājā kare ṭhārāṭhāri
āra keha nāhi jāne caitanyera curi
The King and Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya were both aware of the Lord’s activities, but no one else could see the tricks of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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The King was aware of the Lord’s activities.
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya was also aware of what the Lord was doing.
No one else could see the tricks of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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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