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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.44
গঙ্গাতীরে বৃক্ষ-মূলে পিণ্ডার উপরে ।
বসিয়াছেন — যেন কোটী সূর্যোদয় করে ॥ ৪৪ ॥
gaṅgā-tīre vṛkṣa-mūle piṇḍāra upare
vasiyāchena — yena koṭī sūryodaya kare
Sitting on a rock under a tree on the bank of the Ganges, Lord Nityānanda seemed as effulgent as hundreds of thousands of rising suns.
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Lord Nityānanda sat on a rock under a tree.
This meeting took place on the bank of the Ganges.
He seemed as effulgent as hundreds of thousands of rising suns.
Longing fulfilled. Raghunātha’s sustained desire for the Lord culminates in arrival, shelter, and renunciation.
The mood of Antya 6 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 Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had gone to Śāntipura on His way to Vṛndāvana, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī had offered to dedicate his life at the Lord’s lotus feet. In the meantime, however, a Muslim official became envious of Hiraṇya dāsa, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī’s uncle, and induced some big official court minister to have him arrested.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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