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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.90
বাহিরে প্রতাপরুদ্র লঞা পাত্রগণ ।
মণ্ডল হঞা করে লোক নিবারণ ॥ ৯০ ॥
bāhire pratāparudra lañā pātra-gaṇa
maṇḍala hañā kare loka nivāraṇa
Mahārāja Pratāparudra and his personal assistants formed a third circle around the two inner circles just to check the crowds from coming too near.
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Mahārāja Pratāparudra and his personal assistants formed a third circle.
Their circle surrounded the two inner circles.
They did this to keep the crowds from coming too near.
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 can practical help with crowds support a devotional gathering?
At a gathering today, leave enough space for others rather than crowding them.
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