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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.67
ভক্তগণ অনুভবে, নাহি জানে আন ।
শ্রীভাগবত-শাস্ত্র তাহাতে প্রমাণ ॥ ৬৭ ॥
bhakta-gaṇa anubhave, nāhi jāne āna
śrī-bhāgavata-śāstra tāhāte pramāṇa
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s dancing before the Ratha-yātrā car could be perceived only by pure devotees. Others could not understand. Descriptions of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s uncommon dancing can be found in the revealed scripture Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa expanded Himself into many forms during the rāsa-līlā dance and when He married 16,000 wives in Dvārakā.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu adopted the same process, expanding into seven forms to dance in every group of the saṅkīrtana party. Only pure devotees could perceive these expansions.
Although the Lord outwardly refused to see King Pratāparudra because he was a king, His special mercy made the King one of His most confidential devotees. The King could see Him simultaneously in all seven groups.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “ratha-yātrā”, “party”
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”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “saṅkīrtana”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does King Pratāparudra’s experience teach you about the Lord’s mercy and pure devotion?
Offer a brief prayer for the Lord’s mercy to develop pure devotion.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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