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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.32
নারঙ্গ-ছোলঙ্গ-আম্র-বৃক্ষের আকার ।
ফুল-ফল-পত্রযুক্ত খণ্ডের বিকার ॥ ৩২ ॥
nāraṅga-cholaṅga-āmra-vṛkṣera ākāra
phula-phala-patra-yukta khaṇḍera vikāra
There were sugar-candy sweetmeats formed into the shape of orange, lemon and mango trees and arranged with fruits, flowers and leaves.
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The sweetmeats were made from sugar candy.
They were formed into the shape of orange, lemon and mango trees.
They were arranged with fruits, flowers and leaves.
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:
The Lord, in His ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, immediately embraced the King and thus bestowed mercy upon him. When there was an offering of prasādam in the garden, Lord Caitanya also partook of it.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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Spend a minute picturing the sugar-candy trees with their fruits, flowers and leaves.
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