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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.85
আছাড় খাঞা পড়ে ভূমে গড়ি’ যায় ।
সুবর্ণ-পর্বত যৈছে ভূমেতে লোটায় ॥ ৮৫ ॥
āchāḍa khāñā paḍe bhūme gaḍi’ yāya
suvarṇa-parvata yaiche bhūmete loṭāya
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fell down with a crash while dancing, He would roll on the ground. At such times it appeared that a golden mountain was rolling on the ground.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
While dancing, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sometimes fell down with a crash.
After falling, He would roll on the ground.
At those times, He appeared like a golden mountain rolling on the ground.
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:
At that time, King Pratāparudra took a broom with a golden handle and began to cleanse the road. Lord Jagannātha took permission from the goddess of fortune and then started in the car for the Guṇḍicā temple.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 does the image of a golden mountain shape your impression of this scene?
Spend a quiet moment recalling the translation’s image of the Lord rolling like a golden mountain.
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