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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.19
হরিদেব-আগে নাচে প্রেমে মত্ত হঞা ।
সব লোক দেখিতে আইল আশ্চর্য শুনিয়া ॥ ১৯ ॥
harideva-āge nāce preme matta hañā
saba loka dekhite āila āścarya śuniyā
Mad with ecstatic love, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began to dance before the Harideva Deity. Hearing of the Lord’s wonderful activities, all the people came to see Him.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was mad with ecstatic love.
He began to dance before the Harideva Deity.
Hearing of the Lord’s wonderful activities, all the people came to see Him.
Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.
The mood of Madhya 18 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:
He then saw the Deity Harideva at Govardhana Village. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had no desire to climb Govardhana Hill because the hill is worshiped as Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
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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”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “harideva”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What about the Lord’s wonderful activities makes you want to learn more about Him?
Spend a moment recalling Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu dancing before Harideva.
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