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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.69
এইমত হৈল কৃষ্ণের রথে আরোহণ ।
তার আগে প্রভু নাচাইল ভক্তগণ ॥ ৬৯ ॥
ei-mata haila kṛṣṇera rathe ārohaṇa
tāra āge prabhu nācāila bhakta-gaṇa
Thus Lord Jagannātha mounted His car, and Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu inspired all His devotees to dance in front of it.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Jagannātha mounted His car.
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu inspired all His devotees to dance.
The devotees danced in front of Lord Jagannātha’s car.
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 do you notice about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s role in the devotees’ dancing?
Reread the verse and picture Lord Jagannātha on His car with the devotees dancing before Him.
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