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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.54
তবে মহাপ্রভু সব হস্তী ঘুচাইল ।
নিজগণে রথ-কাছি টানিবারে দিল ॥ ৫৪ ॥
tabe mahāprabhu saba hastī ghucāila
nija-gaṇe ratha-kāchi ṭānibāre dila
At that time, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu let all the elephants go free and placed the car’s ropes in the hands of His own men.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu let all the elephants go free.
He placed the car’s ropes in the hands of His own men.
His men now held the ropes instead of the elephants remaining harnessed to the car.
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:
After this, when Lord Jagannātha’s ratha car stopped moving, King Pratāparudra called for many elephants to pull it, but they were unsuccessful. Seeing this, Lord Caitanya began to push the car from behind with His head, and the car began moving.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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