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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.60
দুইদিকে মাতা-পিতা পুষ্ট কলেবর ।
মধ্যে এক ‘শিশু’ হয় ত্রিভঙ্গ-সুন্দর ॥ ৬০ ॥
dui-dike mātā-pitā puṣṭa kalevara
madhye eka ‘śiśu’ haya tribhaṅga-sundara
“There are a father and mother with well-built bodies, and between them is a very beautiful child who is curved in three places.”
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The description mentions a father and mother with well-built bodies.
A very beautiful child stands between them.
The child is curved in three places.
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:
Some years later, Lord Gopāla also went to Mathurā, to the house of Viṭhṭhaleśvara, and stayed there for one month just to give an audience to Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. After visiting Nandīśvara, Pāvana-sarovara, Śeṣaśāyī, Khelā-tīrtha, Bhāṇḍīravana, Bhadravana, Lohavana and Mahāvana, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to Gokula and then finally returned to Mathurā.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which detail in this description most draws your attention?
Spend a quiet moment recalling the father, mother, and beautiful child exactly as described.
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