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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.198
কি দেখিনু কি শুনিনু, করিয়ে বিচার ।
প্রভু–আজ্ঞা হৈল বৃন্দাবন যাইবার ॥ ১৯৮ ॥
ki dekhinu ki śuninu, kariye vicāra
prabhu-ājñā haila vṛndāvana yāibāra
I thought about what I had seen and heard and concluded that the Lord had ordered me to proceed to Vṛndāvana at once.
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The author thought about what he had seen.
He also considered what he had heard.
He concluded that the Lord had ordered him to proceed to Vṛndāvana at once.
Shelter and wonder. The glory of Nityānanda reveals the intimate support behind the descent.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
This was a great disaster for the brother of Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī. But on that very night Lord Nityānanda Prabhu Himself graced Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī in a dream and ordered him to leave on the next day for Vṛndāvana.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
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How did considering both what he saw and what he heard help the author understand his direction?
Write one sentence stating the conclusion the author reached after reflecting.
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