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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.154
একথা শুনিয়া প্রভুর আনন্দ অপার ।
‘কহ, কহ, দামোদর’, — বলে বার বার ॥ ১৫৪ ॥
e-kathā śuniyā prabhura ānanda apāra
‘kaha, kaha, dāmodara’, — bale bāra bāra
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu felt unlimited happiness upon hearing these descriptions, and He again and again requested Svarūpa Dāmodara to continue speaking.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu felt unlimited happiness upon hearing these descriptions.
He requested Svarūpa Dāmodara to continue speaking.
He made this request again and again, showing His eagerness to hear more.
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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