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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.55
আপনে রথের পাছে ঠেলে মাথা দিয়া ।
হড়্ হড়্ করি, রথ চলিল ধাইয়া ॥ ৫৫ ॥
āpane rathera pāche ṭhele māthā diyā
haḍ haḍ kari, ratha calila dhāiyā
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then went to the back of the car and began to push with His head. It was then that the car began to move and roll along, making a rattling sound.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to the back of the car.
He began to push the car with His head.
It was then that the car began to move and roll along, making a rattling sound.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Seeing this, Lord Caitanya began to push the car from behind with His head, and the car began moving. Then the devotees began pulling the car with ropes.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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