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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.100
তবে বক্রেশ্বরে প্রভু কহিলা নাচিতে ।
বক্রেশ্বর নাচে, প্রভু লাগিলা গাইতে ॥ ১০০ ॥
tabe vakreśvare prabhu kahilā nācite
vakreśvara nāce, prabhu lāgilā gāite
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then ordered Vakreśvara Paṇḍita to dance, and as he began to dance, the Lord began to sing.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ordered Vakreśvara Paṇḍita to dance.
Vakreśvara Paṇḍita began to dance in response.
As he began dancing, the Lord began to sing.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Seeing this, Lord Caitanya began to push the car from behind with His head, and the car began moving. Then the devotees began pulling the car with ropes.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice about the Lord singing while Vakreśvara Paṇḍita dances?
Recall the sequence once today: the Lord’s order, Vakreśvara Paṇḍita’s dancing, and the Lord’s singing.
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