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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.44
মধ্যে মধ্যে আমি তোমার নিকট যাইব ।
অলক্ষিতে রহি’ তোমার নৃত্য দেখিব’ ॥ ৪৪ ॥
madhye madhye āmi tomāra nikaṭa yāiba
alakṣite rahi’ tomāra nṛtya dekhiba’
“I shall also go to see You at intervals. Keeping Myself invisible, I shall watch You dance.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord promised that He would come to see the devotee at intervals.
He said that He would keep Himself invisible during these visits.
He promised to watch the devotee dance.
Festive affection and reconciliation. Festivals, reciprocal hospitality, and the deliverance of Amogha show affectionate grace.
The mood of Madhya 15 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:
Then Advaita Ācārya Prabhu invited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for prasādam. When Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees performed the Nandotsava ceremony, the Lord dressed Himself as a cowherd boy.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
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