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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.243
উদ্যানে আসিয়া কৈল বন-ভোজন ।
এইমত ক্রীড়া কৈল প্রভু অষ্টদিন ॥ ২৪৩ ॥
udyāne āsiyā kaila vana-bhojana
ei-mata krīḍā kaila prabhu aṣṭa-dina
Then, entering the flower garden, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took His meal. In this way He continuously performed all kinds of pastimes for eight days.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entered the flower garden.
There He took His meal.
In this way, He continuously performed all kinds of pastimes for eight days.
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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