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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.136
দামোদর কহে, — ঐছে মানের প্রকার ।
ত্রিজগতে কাহাঁ নাহি দেখি শুনি আর ॥ ১৩৬ ॥
dāmodara kahe, — aiche mānera prakāra
trijagate kāhāṅ nāhi dekhi śuni āra
Svarūpa Dāmodara said, “There is no egoistic pride like this within the three worlds. At least I have never seen it or heard of it.
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Svarūpa Dāmodara described the display as egoistic pride.
He said there was no pride like it within the three worlds.
He added that he had never seen or heard of anything like it.
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:
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. During that time, there was much talk about the pastimes of the gopīs.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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How does Svarūpa Dāmodara emphasize the extraordinary nature of this pride?
Find the two expressions that convey how unmatched this display seemed to Svarūpa Dāmodara.
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