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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.63
এইরূপে কৌতুক করি’ শচীর নন্দন ।
অন্তর্ধান কৈল, কেহ না পায় দর্শন ॥ ৬৩ ॥
ei-rūpe kautuka kari’ śacīra nandana
antardhāna kaila, keha nā pāya darśana
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the son of Śacīdevī, then suddenly and playfully disappeared from everyone’s sight, and it was impossible for anyone to find Him.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is identified here as the son of Śacīdevī.
He suddenly and playfully disappeared from everyone’s sight.
It was impossible for anyone to find Him.
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
The mood of Madhya 9 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:
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then proceeded farther, arriving at Setubandha Rāmeśvara. At Śrī Śaila-parvata, the Lord met Lord Śiva and his wife Durgā in the dress of a brāhmaṇa and brāhmaṇī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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What strikes you about the description of the Lord’s disappearance as playful?
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