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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.234
চারি সম্প্রদায় গান করি’ বহু শ্রান্ত হৈল ।
মহাপ্রভুর প্রেমাবেশ দ্বিগুণ বাড়িল ॥ ২৩৪ ॥
cāri sampradāya gāna kari’ bahu śrānta haila
mahāprabhura premāveśa dviguṇa bāḍila
After much singing, all four saṅkīrtana parties grew fatigued, but Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstatic love increased twofold.
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All four saṅkīrtana parties had sung a great deal.
After much singing, all four parties grew fatigued.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstatic love, however, increased twofold.
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:
During that time, there was much talk about the pastimes of the gopīs. When the ratha was again being drawn and the chanting resumed, two devotees from Kulīna-grāma — Rāmānanda Vasu and Satyarāja Khān — were requested to bring silk ropes every year for the Ratha-yātrā ceremony.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “ecstatic love”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “saṅkīrtana”
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What stands out to you about the contrast between the singers’ fatigue and the Lord’s increasing love?
Read this verse slowly today, noticing both the singers’ fatigue and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s increasing ecstatic love.
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