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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.14
শুনিয়া সবার মনে হৈল মহাদুঃখ ।
নিঃশব্দ হইলা, সবার শুকাইল মুখ ॥ ১৪ ॥
śuniyā sabāra mane haila mahā-duḥkha
niḥśabda ha-ilā, sabāra śukāila mukha
Upon hearing this message from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, all the devotees became very unhappy and remained silent with sullen faces.
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The devotees heard the message from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
All of them became very unhappy.
They remained silent, and their faces showed their unhappiness.
Expansive compassion. The Lord carries nāma and mercy from village to village, including deliverance of Vāsudeva.
The mood of Madhya 7 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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted the renounced order of life in the month of Māgha (January-February) and went to Jagannātha Purī in the month of Phālguna (February-March). He saw the Dola-yātrā festival during the month of Phālguna, and in the month of Caitra He liberated Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 7
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What do the devotees’ silence and unhappy faces help me notice about their feelings?
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