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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.28
মনোহরা-লাড়ু আদি শতেক প্রকার ।
অমৃতগুটিকা-আদি, ক্ষীরসা অপার ॥ ২৮ ॥
manoharā-lāḍu ādi śateka prakāra
amṛta-guṭikā-ādi, kṣīrasā apāra
There were hundreds of different types of sweetmeats like manoharā-lāḍu, sweets like amṛta-guṭikā and various types of condensed milk.
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There were hundreds of different types of sweetmeats.
The sweets included manoharā-lāḍu and amṛta-guṭikā.
There were also various types of condensed milk.
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:
He then took the opportunity to massage the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The Lord, in His ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, immediately embraced the King and thus bestowed mercy upon him.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 impression does the phrase “hundreds of different types” leave with you?
Read the two named sweets aloud slowly, then recall that they were part of a much larger variety.
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