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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.12
এত বলি’ সেই শ্লোক পড়ে বার বার ।
দুইজনার অঙ্গে কম্প, নেত্রে জলধার ॥ ১২ ॥
eta bali’ sei śloka paḍe bāra bāra
dui-janāra aṅge kampa, netre jala-dhāra
After saying this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began to recite the same verse again and again. Both the King and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu were trembling, and tears were flowing from their eyes.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recited the same verse again and again.
Both the King and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu were trembling.
Tears flowed from the eyes of both as the Lord repeated the verse.
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 then took the opportunity to massage the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The Lord, in His ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, immediately embraced the King and thus bestowed mercy upon him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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