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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.246
জগন্নাথের পুনঃ পাণ্ডু-বিজয় হইল ।
এক গুটি পট্টডোরী তাঁহা টুটি’ গেল ॥ ২৪৬ ॥
jagannāthera punaḥ pāṇḍu-vijaya ha-ila
eka guṭi paṭṭa-ḍorī tāṅhā ṭuṭi’ gela
During the Pāṇḍu-vijaya, Lord Jagannātha was carried, and while He was being carried, a bunch of silken ropes broke.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Jagannātha was carried during the Pāṇḍu-vijaya.
A bunch of silken ropes broke during this event.
The ropes broke while Lord Jagannātha was being carried.
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:
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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Which details help you remember what happened during the Pāṇḍu-vijaya?
Write one sentence recalling when the silken ropes broke.
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