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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.48
টানিতে না পারে গৌড়, রথ ছাড়ি’ দিল ।
পাত্র-মিত্র লঞা রাজা ব্যগ্র হঞা আইল ॥ ৪৮ ॥
ṭānite nā pāre gauḍa, ratha chāḍi’ dila
pātra-mitra lañā rājā vyagra hañā āila
When the gauḍas saw that they could not budge the car, they abandoned the attempt. Then the King arrived in great anxiety, and he was accompanied by his officers and friends.
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The gauḍas saw that they could not budge the car.
They abandoned their attempt to move it.
The King then arrived in great anxiety, accompanied by his officers and friends.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What feelings arise in me when an important task comes to a halt?
When a difficulty arises today, take a moment to name the feeling it brings before acting.
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