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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.195
গাভী দেখি’ স্তব্ধ প্রভু প্রেমের তরঙ্গে ।
বাৎসল্যে গাভী প্রভুর চাটে সব-অঙ্গে ॥ ১৯৫ ॥
gābhī dekhi’ stabdha prabhu premera taraṅge
vātsalye gābhī prabhura cāṭe saba-aṅge
Seeing the herds approach Him, the Lord was stunned with ecstatic love. The cows then began to lick His body out of great affection.
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Seeing the herds approach Him, the Lord was stunned with ecstatic love.
The cows came close and began to lick His body.
Their licking expressed their great affection for Him.
Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.
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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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In this verse: “ecstatic love”
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