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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.66
আর যত লোক সব চৌতরা-তলানে ।
মণ্ডলী-বন্ধে বসিলা, তার না হয় গণনে ॥ ৬৬ ॥
āra yata loka saba cautarā-talāne
maṇḍalī-bandhe vasilā, tāra nā haya gaṇane
All the other people sat in groups around the platform. No one could count how many people there were.
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All the other people sat in groups around the platform.
The gathering was so large that no one could count how many people were there.
The people gathered around the platform also received the two chipped-rice preparations.
Longing fulfilled. Raghunātha’s sustained desire for the Lord culminates in arrival, shelter, and renunciation.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Thus Hiraṇya dāsa left his home, but by the intelligence of Raghunātha dāsa the misunderstanding was mitigated. Then Raghunātha dāsa went to Pānihāṭi, and following the order of Nityānanda Prabhu, he observed a festival ( ciḍā-dadhi-mahotsava ) by distributing chipped rice mixed with yogurt.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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In this verse: “gathered”
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