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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.64
অন্তরে গর-গর প্রেম, নহে সম্বরণ ।
দেখি’ চমৎকার হৈল বল্লভ-ভট্টের মন ॥ ৬৪ ॥
antare gara-gara prema, nahe samvaraṇa
dekhi’ camatkāra haila vallabha-bhaṭṭera mana
Although the Lord restrained Himself externally, ecstatic love raged within. There was no checking that. Vallabha Bhaṭṭa was astonished to detect this.
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The Lord restrained Himself externally.
Within Him, ecstatic love raged and could not be checked.
Vallabha Bhaṭṭa detected this inner love and was astonished.
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:
He was informed that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was going to Vṛndāvana from Jagannātha Purī through the forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa (Jharkhand); therefore he sent two people to Jagannātha Purī to find out when the Lord would leave for Vṛndāvana. In this way Rūpa Gosvāmī retired, but Sanātana Gosvāmī told the Nawab that he was sick and could not attend to his work.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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In this verse: “ecstatic love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What contrast do you notice between the Lord’s outward restraint and His inner love?
Write one sentence today describing the contrast between the Lord’s outward restraint and His unchecked ecstatic love.
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