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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.132
এই মত প্ৰহরেক নাচে প্রভু রঙ্গে ।
কভু হর্ষ, কভু বিষাদ, ভাবের তরঙ্গে ॥ ১৩২ ॥
ei mata prahareka nāce prabhu raṅge
kabhu harṣa, kabhu viṣāda, bhāvera taraṅge
In this way the Lord danced for at least three hours. Sometimes the symptoms of ecstasy were visible, including pleasure, moroseness and many other waves of ecstatic emotional love.
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The Lord danced for at least three hours.
Sometimes the symptoms of His ecstasy became visible.
These symptoms included pleasure, moroseness and many other waves of ecstatic emotional love.
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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