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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.21
প্রভু কহে, — “দামোদর, চলহ নদীয়া ।
মাতার সমীপে তুমি রহ তাঁহা যাঞা ॥ ২১ ॥
prabhu kahe, — “dāmodara, calaha nadīyā
mātāra samīpe tumi raha tāṅhā yāñā
The Lord said, “My dear friend Dāmodara, you had better go to Nadia and stay with My mother.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu addressed Dāmodara Paṇḍita as His dear friend.
He asked Dāmodara Paṇḍita to go to Nadia and stay with His mother.
The following verse explains that He trusted Dāmodara Paṇḍita to protect her.
Steadfast compassion. Haridāsa’s spiritual conviction and the reach of the holy name confront prejudice and temptation.
The mood of Antya 3 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:
Hearing these words from Dāmodara Paṇḍita, the Lord sent him to Navadvīpa to supervise the affairs of His mother, Śacīdevī. He also especially requested Dāmodara Paṇḍita to remind His mother that He was sometimes going to her home to accept the food she offered.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 3
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