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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.124
নিত্যানন্দ-সার্বভৌম আগ্রহ করিঞা ।
নীলাচলে আইলা মহাপ্রভুকে লইঞা ॥ ১২৪ ॥
nityānanda-sārvabhauma āgraha kariñā
nīlācale āilā mahāprabhuke la-iñā
When the devotees from Bengal arrived at Jagannātha Purī, both Nityānanda Prabhu and Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya greatly endeavored to take Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu back to Jagannātha Purī.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The devotees from Bengal arrived at Jagannātha Purī.
Nityānanda Prabhu and Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya both endeavored to bring Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu back.
Their effort to bring Him back to Jagannātha Purī was great.
Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 1 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:
There is also a description of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstasy that occurred when He recited the verse beginning yaḥ kaumāra-haraḥ, as well as a description of how that ecstasy was explained in the verse beginning priyaḥ so ’yaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ, by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. Because he wrote that verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was specifically blessed by the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I willing to make an effort to help devotees come together?
Offer one small piece of practical help for a gathering of devotees.
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