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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.80
আস্তে-ব্যস্তে সবে ধরি’ প্রভুরে উঠাইল ।
নৌকার উপরে প্রভু নাচিতে লাগিল ॥ ৮০ ॥
āste-vyaste sabe dhari’ prabhure uṭhāila
naukāra upare prabhu nācite lāgila
They all hastily grabbed Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and pulled Him out of the water. Once on the boat’s platform, the Lord began to dance.
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Everyone hastily grabbed Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
They pulled Him out of the water and brought Him onto the boat’s platform.
Once on the platform, the Lord began to dance.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to me in the contrast between their urgent help and the Lord’s dancing?
Read this verse once more and briefly reflect on the care shown by those who pulled the Lord from the water.
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