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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.233
লক্ষ্মী-দেবী যথাকালে গেলা নিজ-ঘর ।
প্রভু নৃত্য করে, হৈল তৃতীয় প্ৰহর ॥ ২৩৩ ॥
lakṣmī-devī yathā-kāle gelā nija-ghara
prabhu nṛtya kare, haila tṛtīya prahara
Finally the goddess of fortune returned to her apartment. In due course of time, as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was dancing, afternoon arrived.
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Finally, the goddess of fortune returned to her apartment.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was dancing.
As He danced, time passed and afternoon arrived.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice about the Lord’s dancing as the scene moves into afternoon?
Read the translation slowly and pause over its closing picture of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu dancing.
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