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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.80
নিত্যানন্দের নৃত্য দেখেন আসি’ বারে বারে ।
‘নিরন্তর আবির্ভাব’ রাঘবের ঘরে ॥ ৮০ ॥
nityānandera nṛtya dekhena āsi’ bāre bāre
‘nirantara āvirbhāva’ rāghavera ghare
Similarly, He was always present when Nityānanda Prabhu danced, and He regularly appeared at the house of Rāghava.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was always present when Nityānanda Prabhu danced.
He also regularly appeared at the house of Rāghava.
These repeated appearances belong to the account of how the Lord responds to His devotees’ love.
Sorrow and uncompromising discipline. Junior Haridāsa’s exclusion and death present an ethically painful episode.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Śrīla Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, the secretary of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, forbid Bhagavān Ācārya to indulge in hearing that commentary. Later, when Junior Haridāsa, following the order of Bhagavān Ācārya, went to collect alms from Mādhavīdevī, he committed an offense by talking intimately with a woman although he was in the renounced order.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 2
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do these repeated appearances suggest about the Lord’s relationship with His devotees?
Take a quiet minute to reflect on the Lord’s loving presence when Nityānanda Prabhu danced.
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