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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.68
এইমত মহাপ্ৰভু করে নৃত্য-রঙ্গে ।
ভাসাইল সব লোক প্রেমের তরঙ্গে ॥ ৬৮ ॥
ei-mata mahāprabhu kare nṛtya-raṅge
bhāsāila saba loka premera taraṅge
In this way Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced in great jubilation and inundated all the people with waves of ecstatic love.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced in great jubilation.
His dancing inundated all the people with ecstatic love.
The translation describes this love as waves, conveying how it flooded over everyone.
Public ecstasy with inward longing. The festival’s collective joy carries the profound Vraja mood of meeting and separation.
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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.
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In this verse: “ecstatic love”
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What touches you about the Lord’s joy reaching all the people?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the image of everyone being flooded with waves of ecstatic love.
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