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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.107
প্রেমাবেশে প্রভু তাঁরে কৈলা আলিঙ্গন ।
প্রেম মত্ত হঞা তেঁহো করেন নর্তন ॥ ১০৭ ॥
premāveśe prabhu tāṅre kailā āliṅgana
prema matta hañā teṅho karena nartana
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then embraced Raghupati Upādhyāya in ecstatic love. Raghupati Upādhyāya also was overwhelmed by love, and he began to dance.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu embraced Raghupati Upādhyāya in ecstatic love.
Raghupati Upādhyāya also became overwhelmed by love.
Overwhelmed in this way, Raghupati Upādhyāya began to dance.
Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
After this, a brāhmaṇa scholar named Raghupati Upādhyāya arrived and discussed Kṛṣṇa consciousness with the Lord. Kavirāja Gosvāmī then extensively describes the living condition of Śrī Rūpa and Sanātana at Vṛndāvana.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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In this verse: “embraced”
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In this verse: “ecstatic love”
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What draws my attention to the love expressed in this embrace?
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