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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.184
তবে ত’ স্বরূপ-গোসাঞি কহিতে লাগিলা ।
শুনি’ প্ৰভুর ভক্তগণ মহাসুখ পাইলা ॥ ১৮৪ ॥
tabe ta’ svarūpa-gosāñi kahite lāgilā
śuni’ prabhura bhakta-gaṇa mahā-sukha pāilā
Being thus requested, Svarūpa Dāmodara began to speak. All the devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu were very happy to hear him.
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Svarūpa Dāmodara began to speak when requested.
All the devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard him.
The devotees were very happy to hear him speak.
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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