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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.74
উদ্দণ্ড-নৃত্যে প্ৰভুর যবে হৈল মন ।
স্বরূপের সঙ্গে দিল এই নব জন ॥ ৭৪ ॥
uddaṇḍa-nṛtye prabhura yabe haila mana
svarūpera saṅge dila ei nava jana
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu desired to jump high while dancing, He placed these nine people in the charge of Svarūpa Dāmodara.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu desired to jump high while dancing.
He placed these nine devotees in the charge of Svarūpa Dāmodara.
This arrangement accompanied the Lord’s desire to dance.
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:
The road to the temple led along a broad, sandy beach, and on both sides of the road were residential quarters, houses and gardens. Along that road the servants called gauḍas began to pull the cars.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How willing am I to cooperate under another devotee’s care?
In one shared devotional activity today, cooperate carefully with the person guiding it.
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