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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.58
প্রভু কহে, — “কেহ গৌড়ে, কেহ দেশান্তরে ।
সব আসিয়াছে রথযাত্রা দেখিবারে ॥ ৫৮ ॥
prabhu kahe, — “keha gauḍe, keha deśāntare
saba āsiyāche ratha-yātrā dekhibāre
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, “Although some of them live in Bengal and some in other states, they have all come here to see the Ratha-yātrā festival.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained that some of these devotees lived in Bengal and others in different states.
Although they lived in different places, they had all come to see the Ratha-yātrā festival.
Their presence at the festival answered Vallabha Bhaṭṭa’s inquiry about where he could see them.
Pride softened by grace. Humor and correction lead toward humility and a relationship of devotion.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
There was some joking behavior between these two personalities, and finally Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu corrected Vallabha Bhaṭṭa and sympathetically accepted an invitation from him. Before this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw that Vallabha Bhaṭṭa was greatly attached to Gadādhara Paṇḍita.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 7
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In this verse: “festival”, “ratha-yātrā”
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