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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.123
শিখিপিচ্ছ দেখি’ মুকুন্দ প্রেমাবিষ্ট হৈলা ।
অতি-উচ্চ টুঙ্গি হৈতে ভূমিতে পড়িলা ॥ ১২৩ ॥
śikhi-piccha dekhi’ mukunda premāviṣṭa hailā
ati-ucca ṭuṅgi haite bhūmite paḍilā
“Just by seeing the peacock-feathered fan, Mukunda dāsa became absorbed in ecstatic love of Godhead and fell from the high platform onto the ground.
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Mukunda dāsa saw the peacock-feathered fan.
Just by seeing it, he became absorbed in ecstatic love of Godhead.
In that absorption, he fell from the high platform onto the ground.
Festive affection and reconciliation. Festivals, reciprocal hospitality, and the deliverance of Amogha show affectionate grace.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The devotees all became soldiers of Lord Rāmacandra, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, in the ecstasy of Hanumān, manifested various transcendentally blissful activities. Thereafter, the Lord and His devotees observed various other ceremonies.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of godhead”, “ecstatic love”
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