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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.155
মথুরা-নিকটে আইলা — মথুরা দেখিয়া ।
দণ্ডবৎ হঞা পড়ে প্রেমাবিষ্ট হঞা ॥ ১৫৫ ॥
mathurā-nikaṭe āilā — mathurā dekhiyā
daṇḍavat hañā paḍe premāviṣṭa hañā
When He approached Mathurā and saw the city, He immediately fell to the ground and offered obeisances with great ecstatic love.
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As He approached Mathurā, He saw the city.
He immediately fell to the ground and offered obeisances.
His obeisances were offered with great ecstatic love.
Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.
The mood of Madhya 17 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:
Thereafter the Lord visited the twelve forests of Vṛndāvana and was filled with great ecstatic love. As He toured the Vṛndāvana forests, He heard the chirping of parrots and other birds.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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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: “ecstatic love”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about the love expressed in these obeisances?
Pause today to reflect on this loving act of offering obeisances.
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