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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.66
পূর্বে যৈছে রাসাদি লীলা কৈল বৃন্দাবনে ।
অলৌকিক লীলা গৌর কৈল ক্ষণে ক্ষণে ॥ ৬৬ ॥
pūrve yaiche rāsādi līlā kaila vṛndāvane
alaukika līlā gaura kaila kṣaṇe kṣaṇe
Just as Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa formerly performed the rāsa-līlā dance and other pastimes at Vṛndāvana, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed uncommon pastimes moment after moment.
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Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa formerly performed the rāsa-līlā dance at Vṛndāvana.
He also performed other pastimes there.
Just as Kṛṣṇa performed those pastimes, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed uncommon pastimes moment after moment.
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rāsa-līlā”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
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How does this comparison help you appreciate Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes?
Read the verse aloud once, noticing the comparison between the two Lords’ pastimes.
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