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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.81
গাল ফুলিল, আচার্য অন্তরে উল্লাস ।
বিস্তারি’ বর্ণিয়াছেন বৃন্দাবন-দাস ॥ ৮১ ॥
gāla phulila, ācārya antare ullāsa
vistāri’ varṇiyāchena vṛndāvana-dāsa
Although his cheeks were swollen from the slapping, Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi was very happy within. This incident has been elaborately described by Ṭhākura Vṛndāvana dāsa.
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Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi's cheeks were swollen from the slapping.
Although his cheeks were swollen, he was very happy within.
Ṭhākura Vṛndāvana dāsa has described this incident elaborately.
Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 16 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:
Vidyānidhi also came to Jagannātha Purī and saw the festival of Oḍana-ṣaṣṭhī. When the devotees bade farewell to the Lord, the Lord was determined to go to Vṛndāvana, and on the day of Vijaya-daśamī, He departed.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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: “vṛndāvana”
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What does the contrast between swollen cheeks and inner happiness invite me to reflect on?
Write one sentence describing the contrast between Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi's outward condition and inward happiness.
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