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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.78
দুই-দুই জনে মেলি’ করে জল-রণ ।
কেহ হারে, কেহ জিনে — প্ৰভু করে দরশন ॥ ৭৮ ॥
dui-dui jane meli’ kare jala-raṇa
keha hāre, keha jine — prabhu kare daraśana
Sometimes two would pair off to fight in the water. One would emerge victorious and the other defeated, and the Lord would watch all this fun.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sometimes two would pair off to fight in the water.
One would emerge victorious, and the other would be defeated.
The Lord watched all this fun.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the description of this as fun shape your understanding of their contests?
Reflect briefly on the Lord watching the paired water contests.
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