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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.115
প্রভু কহে, — ‘দুঁহে কেনে আইলা এত দূরে’ ? পুরীগোসাঞি কহে, — ‘তোমার নৃত্য দেখিবারে’ ॥ ১১৫ ॥
prabhu kahe, — ‘duṅhe kene āilā eta dūre’?
purī-gosāñi kahe, — ‘tomāra nṛtya dekhibāre’
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said to Purī Gosvāmī and Brahmānanda Bhāratī, “Why have the two of you come so far?”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Purī Gosvāmī and Brahmānanda Bhāratī why they had come so far.
His question acknowledged the distance they had traveled.
Purī Gosvāmī replied that they had come just to see His dancing.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Intense yearning. Darśana, dreams, and visions of Vraja bring overwhelming separation.
The mood of Antya 14 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:
Once Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu mistook a sand dune known as Caṭaka-parvata for Govardhana Hill. As He ran toward it, He became stunned, and then the eight ecstatic transformations appeared in His body due to great love for Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 14
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does their willingness to travel reveal about their desire to see the Lord’s dancing?
Reread Purī Gosvāmī’s reply and pause to consider his simple reason for coming.
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