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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.220
আস্তে-ব্যস্তে মহাপ্রভুর লঞা বহিৰ্বাস ।
জলসেক করে অঙ্গে, বস্ত্রের বাতাস ॥ ২২০ ॥
āste-vyaste mahāprabhura lañā bahirvāsa
jala-seka kare aṅge, vastrera vātāsa
They hastily sprinkled water over the Lord’s body. Then they took up His outer cloth and began to fan Him with it.
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They hastily sprinkled water over the Lord’s body.
They took up His outer cloth to use as a fan.
They began fanning Him with the cloth, giving Him practical care.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu next passed through Prayāga and Mathurā and then took His lunch at the home of a Sānoḍiyā brāhmaṇa, a disciple of Mādhavendra Purī. He bestowed His blessings upon the brāhmaṇa by accepting lunch at his place.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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