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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.88
হাসি’ মহাপ্রভু তবে অদ্বৈতে আনিল ।
জলের উপরে তাঁরে শেষ-শয্যা কৈল ॥ ৮৮ ॥
hāsi’ mahāprabhu tabe advaite ānila
jalera upare tāṅre śeṣa-śayyā kaila
After Gopīnātha Ācārya finished talking, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu smiled and, calling for Advaita Ācārya, made Him act like the Śeṣa Nāga bed.
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Gopīnātha Ācārya finished speaking.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu smiled and called for Advaita Ācārya.
He made Advaita Ācārya act like the Śeṣa Nāga bed.
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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Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “gopīnātha”
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What do you notice about the movement from conversation back to play?
Read the translation slowly, noting the sequence: speaking ends, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu smiles, and He calls for Advaita Ācārya.
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