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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.91
হরিচন্দনের স্কন্ধে হস্ত আলম্বিয়া ।
প্ৰভুর নৃত্য দেখে রাজা আবিষ্ট হঞা ॥ ৯১ ॥
haricandanera skandhe hasta ālambiyā
prabhura nṛtya dekhe rājā āviṣṭa hañā
With his hands on the shoulders of Haricandana, King Pratāparudra could see Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu dancing, and the King felt great ecstasy.
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King Pratāparudra placed his hands on Haricandana’s shoulders.
From there, he could see Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu dancing.
Watching the Lord dance, the King felt great ecstasy.
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
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In this verse: “haricandana”, “haricandana’s”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What draws my attention to the King’s joy in seeing Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Read this translation slowly once, pausing to reflect on the King’s joy.
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