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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 13.115
আলিঙ্গন করি’ প্রভু বিদায় তাঁরে দিলা ।
প্রেমে গর গর ভট্ট কান্দিতে লাগিলা ॥ ১১৫ ॥
āliṅgana kari’ prabhu vidāya tāṅre dilā
preme gara gara bhaṭṭa kāndite lāgilā
Then the Lord embraced him and bade him farewell. Overwhelmed with ecstatic love, Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa began to cry due to imminent separation from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu embraced Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa before bidding him farewell.
Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa was overwhelmed with ecstatic love. His tears arose from the approaching separation from the Lord.
The farewell reveals Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa’s deep affection for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Leaving the Lord’s company brought him to tears.
Concern and affectionate restraint. Devotees seek to care for the Lord while He maintains His renounced practice.
The mood of Antya 13 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 Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī left Vārāṇasī on his way to Jagannātha Purī after completing his education, he met Rāmadāsa Viśvāsa Paṇḍita. Viśvāsa Paṇḍita was very proud of his education, and being an impersonalist, he was not well received by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 13
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “embraced”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “ecstatic love”
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “separation”
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What does Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa’s response reveal about how he valued the Lord’s company?
Reread the farewell slowly, paying attention to the Lord’s embrace and Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa’s love.
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