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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.53
দুইজনে গলাগলি রোদন অপার ।
দেখি’ চন্দ্রশেখরের হইল চমৎকার ॥ ৫৩ ॥
dui-jane galāgali rodana apāra
dekhi’ candraśekharera ha-ila camatkāra
Shoulder to shoulder, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Sanātana Gosvāmī began to cry unlimitedly. Candraśekhara was very much astonished to see this.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Sanātana Gosvāmī stood shoulder to shoulder.
Together they began to cry unlimitedly.
Candraśekhara was very much astonished to witness this.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
When Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī was imprisoned by Nawab Hussain Shah, he received news from Rūpa Gosvāmī that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had gone to Mathurā. Sanātana Gosvāmī thereafter satisfied the superintendent of the jail by sweet solicitations and bribery.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
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In this verse: “together”
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What about this meeting might have so astonished Candraśekhara?
Pause over the words “shoulder to shoulder” and reflect on the closeness expressed in this meeting.
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