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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.238
ভঙ্গি করি’ স্বরূপ সবার শ্রম জানাইল ।
ভক্তগণের শ্রম দেখি’ প্রভুর বাহ্য হৈল ॥ ২৩৮ ॥
bhaṅgi kari’ svarūpa sabāra śrama jānāila
bhakta-gaṇera śrama dekhi’ prabhura bāhya haila
Svarūpa Dāmodara then informed the Lord that all the devotees were fatigued. Seeing this situation, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to His external senses.
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Svarūpa Dāmodara informed Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu that all the devotees were fatigued.
The Lord saw the devotees’ situation.
Seeing this situation, He came to His external senses.
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.
How attentive are you to the fatigue of those around you?
Check whether someone sharing an activity with you today needs a rest.
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