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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.122
আচার্য উঠাইল প্ৰভুকে করিতে নর্তন ।
পদ শুনি’ প্ৰভুর অঙ্গ না যায় ধারণ ॥ ১২২ ॥
ācārya uṭhāila prabhuke karite nartana
pada śuni’ prabhura aṅga nā yāya dhāraṇa
Advaita Ācārya raised the body of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to help Him dance, but the Lord, after hearing the stanzas sung by Mukunda, could not be held due to His bodily symptoms.
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Advaita Ācārya raised the body of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to help Him dance.
The Lord heard the stanzas sung by Mukunda.
His bodily symptoms were so powerful that He could not be held.
Reunion and heartbreaking parting. After sannyāsa, mother Śacī and the devotees reunite with Him before consenting to separation.
The mood of Madhya 3 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:
Mother Śacīdevī cooked for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu, and at that time there were many joking exchanges between Advaita Prabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu. In the evening there was a mass saṅkīrtana at the house of Advaita Prabhu, and mother Śacīdevī gave Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu permission to leave.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 3
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