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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.86
এই লীলা নিজ-গ্রন্থে রঘুনাথ-দাস ।
‘গৌরাঙ্গস্তব-কল্পবৃক্ষে’ করিয়াছেন প্রকাশ ॥ ৮৬ ॥
ei līlā nija-granthe raghunātha-dāsa
‘gaurāṅga-stava-kalpavṛkṣe’ kariyāchena prakāśa
In his book known as Gaurāṅga-stava-kalpavṛkṣa, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī has described this incident very nicely.
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Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī describes this incident in his book Gaurāṅga-stava-kalpavṛkṣa.
The incident concerns Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s longing for Kṛṣṇa and His viewing of Lord Jagannātha.
The text praises Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī’s description as very nicely presented.
Sweetness amidst longing. Jagannātha’s prasādam awakens intense awareness of Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
When the Bengali devotees of the Lord returned to Jagannātha Purī, a gentleman named Kālidāsa, who was an uncle of Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, went with them to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Kālidāsa had tasted the remnants of food of all the Vaiṣṇavas in Bengal, even Jhaḍu Ṭhākura.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 16
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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: “longing”
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