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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.81
নিত্যানন্দে কহিলা — “তুমি না আসিহ বারবার ।
তথাই আমার সঙ্গ হইবে তোমার ।।” ৮১ ।। ॥ ৮১ ॥
nityānande kahilā — “tumi nā āsiha bāra-bāra
tathāi āmāra saṅga ha-ibe tomāra”
The Lord specifically advised Nityānanda Prabhu, “You should not come here again and again. You will have My association in Bengal.”
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The Lord gives Nityānanda Prabhu a specific instruction.
He tells Him not to come there again and again.
He assures Nityānanda Prabhu, “You will have My association in Bengal.” His instruction comes with this personal assurance.
Loving anger and reconciliation. Jagadānanda’s hurt over rejected oil is healed through personal service and prasāda.
The mood of Antya 12 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:
Śivānanda Sena felt highly favored to have been kicked by Nityānanda Prabhu, but his nephew Śrīkānta Sena became upset and therefore left their company. He met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī before the rest of the party arrived.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 12
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In this verse: “association”
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How does the promise of association in Bengal shape your understanding of the Lord’s instruction?
Read the instruction and the assurance together, and note how the assurance changes the tone of the farewell.
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