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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.80
দেখিয়া লোকের মনে হৈল চমৎকার ।
যত লোক আইসে, কেহ নাহি যায় ঘর ॥ ৮০ ॥
dekhiyā lokera mane haila camatkāra
yata loka āise, keha nāhi yāya ghara
Everyone present was astonished to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s dancing and His bodily transformations. Whoever came did not want to return home.
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Everyone present saw Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s dancing and bodily transformations.
They were all astonished by what they saw.
Whoever came did not want to return home.
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:
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was beginning His tour, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya gave Him four sets of clothes and requested Him to see Rāmānanda Rāya, who was residing at that time on the bank of the river Godāvarī. Along with other devotees, Nityānanda Prabhu accompanied the Lord to Ālālanātha, but there Lord Caitanya left them all behind and went ahead with the brāhmaṇa Kṛṣṇadāsa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 7
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What about this scene makes me want to linger and reflect?
Spend one extra minute reflecting on Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s dancing before moving to your next task.
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