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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.68
চারি মাসের দিন মুখ্যভক্ত বাঁটি’ নিল ।
আর ভক্তগণ অবসর না পাইল ॥ ৬৮ ॥
cāri māsera dina mukhya-bhakta bāṅṭi’ nila
āra bhakta-gaṇa avasara nā pāila
For the four-month period, all the daily invitations were shared among the important devotees. The rest of the devotees did not get an opportunity to extend an invitation to the Lord.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The daily invitations covered the entire four-month period.
All these invitations were shared among the important devotees.
The rest of the devotees did not get an opportunity to invite the Lord.
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.
Do you notice those who have not had an opportunity to participate?
Notice one person who has not had a turn in a shared devotional activity.
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