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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.2
জয় জয় গৌরচন্দ্র শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য ।
জয় জয় নিত্যানন্দ জয়াদ্বৈত ধন্য ॥ ২ ॥
jaya jaya gauracandra śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya
jaya jaya nityānanda jayādvaita dhanya
All glories to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, known as Gauracandra! All glories to Lord Nityānanda Prabhu! All glories to Advaita Ācārya, who is so exalted!
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The verse offers all glories to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is known as Gauracandra.
It also offers all glories to Lord Nityānanda Prabhu.
Advaita Ācārya is praised as very exalted.
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:
He then took the opportunity to massage the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The Lord, in His ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, immediately embraced the King and thus bestowed mercy upon him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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