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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.102
এই মত কতক্ষণ করি’ বন-লীলা ।
নরেন্দ্র-সরোবরে গেলা করিতে জলখেলা ॥ ১০২ ॥
ei mata kata-kṣaṇa kari’ vana-līlā
narendra-sarovare gelā karite jala-khelā
After thus performing pastimes in the garden for some time, they all went to a lake called Narendra-sarovara and there enjoyed sporting in the water.
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They performed pastimes in the garden for some time.
Then they all went to a lake called Narendra-sarovara.
There they enjoyed sporting in the water.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
The mood of Madhya 14 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:
He performed sporting pastimes in the water of the lake known as Indradyumna. For nine continuous days during Ratha-yātrā, the Lord remained at Sundarācala, and on the fifth day He and Svarūpa Dāmodara observed the pastimes of Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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What do you notice about everyone moving together from the garden to the lake?
Briefly picture the verse’s two settings: the garden and Narendra-sarovara.
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