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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.98
প্রভুর নৃত্য দেখি’ লোকে হৈল চমৎকার ।
অন্য আছুক্, জগন্নাথের আনন্দ অপার ॥ ৯৮ ॥
prabhura nṛtya dekhi’ loke haila camatkāra
anya āchuk, jagannāthera ānanda apāra
Everyone was astonished by the dancing of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and even Lord Jagannātha became extremely happy to see Him.
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Everyone was astonished by the dancing of Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Lord Jagannātha also watched His dancing.
Seeing Caitanya Mahāprabhu dance made Lord Jagannātha extremely happy.
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:
Lord Jagannātha took permission from the goddess of fortune and then started in the car for the Guṇḍicā temple. The road to the temple led along a broad, sandy beach, and on both sides of the road were residential quarters, houses and gardens.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
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What stands out to you about the happiness Lord Jagannātha felt on seeing this dancing?
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