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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.182
এত শুনি’প্রভু হৈলা আনন্দিত মন ।
সুখাবিষ্ট হঞা স্বরূপে কৈলা আলিঙ্গন ॥ ১৮২ ॥
eta śuni’ prabhu hailā ānandita mana
sukhāviṣṭa hañā svarūpe kailā āliṅgana
Upon hearing this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became very happy, and being absorbed in this happiness, He embraced Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.
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Upon hearing this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became very happy.
He became absorbed in this happiness.
In that happiness, He embraced Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
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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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