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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.129
ছত্র-চামর-ধ্বজা পতাকার গণ ।
নানাবাদ্য-আগে নাচে দেবদাসীগণ ॥ ১২৯ ॥
chatra-cāmara-dhvajā patākāra gaṇa
nānā-vādya-āge nāce deva-dāsī-gaṇa
The palanquin was also surrounded by people carrying umbrellas, cāmara whisks and flags, and it was preceded by musicians and dancing girls.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
People surround the palanquin.
They carry umbrellas, cāmara whisks and flags.
Musicians and dancing girls go ahead of the palanquin.
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:
Then the devotees began pulling the car with ropes. Near the Guṇḍicā temple is a place known as Āiṭoṭā.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.
How do the people, objects and performers contribute to the scene described here?
Make a short list of what surrounds the palanquin and who goes before it.
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