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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.47
নানা শ্লোক পড়ি’ উঠে, পড়ে বার বার ।
প্রভু দেখি’ প্রেমাবেশ হইল দুঁহার ॥ ৪৭ ॥
nānā śloka paḍi’ uṭhe, paḍe bāra bāra
prabhu dekhi’ premāveśa ha-ila duṅhara
Both brothers were overwhelmed with ecstatic emotion, and reciting various Sanskrit verses, they stood up and fell down again and again.
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Both brothers were overwhelmed with ecstatic emotion.
They recited various Sanskrit verses.
They stood up and fell down again and again.
Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.
The mood of Madhya 19 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:
Meeting Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in a village called Rāmakeli, two brothers, Rūpa and Sanātana, began to devise means to get out of their government service. They appointed some brāhmaṇas to perform puraścaraṇa ceremonies and chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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How do the brothers’ words and movements express their overwhelming emotion?
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