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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.82
উদ্দণ্ড নৃত্য প্রভু করিয়া হুঙ্কার ।
চক্র-ভ্রমি ভ্রমে যৈছে অলাত-আকার ॥ ৮২ ॥
uddaṇḍa nṛtya prabhu kariyā huṅkāra
cakra-bhrami bhrame yaiche alāta-ākāra
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced and jumped high, roaring like thunder and moving in a circle like a wheel, He appeared like a circling firebrand.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced, jumped high and roared like thunder, moving in a circle like a wheel.
A burning cinder whirled very swiftly appears to form a circle of fire, called alāta-ākāra or alāta-cakra. It is actually a single fire in motion.
Similarly, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is a single personality, but His circling dance made Him appear like an alāta-cakra.
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:
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.
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How does the firebrand comparison help you understand the description of the Lord’s dance?
Reread the firebrand comparison and explain in one sentence how it describes the Lord’s movement.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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