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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.83
নৃত্যে প্রভুর যাঁহা যাঁহা পড়ে পদতল ।
সসাগর-শৈল মহী করে টলমল ॥ ৮৩ ॥
nṛtye prabhura yāhāṅ yāṅhā paḍe pada-tala
sasāgara-śaila mahī kare ṭalamala
Wherever Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stepped while dancing, the whole earth, with its hills and seas, appeared to tilt.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stepped here and there while dancing.
Wherever He stepped, the whole earth appeared to tilt.
The description includes the earth’s hills and seas.
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
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What sense of wonder does this description of the Lord’s dance awaken in you?
Read the translation slowly, pausing to picture the earth, hills and seas appearing to tilt.
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