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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.131
গৌড় হইতে সর্ব বৈষ্ণবের আগমন ।
কুলীনগ্রামবাসি-সঙ্গে প্রথম মিলন ॥ ১৩১ ॥
gauḍa ha-ite sarva vaiṣṇavera āgamana
kulīna-grāma-vāsi-saṅge prathama milana
All the devotees from Bengal gradually began arriving at Jagannātha Purī. At this time, the residents of Kulīna-grāma also came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for the first time.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The devotees from Bengal gradually began arriving at Jagannātha Purī.
The residents of Kulīna-grāma also came at this time.
This was the residents’ first visit to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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.
What stands out to you about the devotees coming to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for the first time?
Take a quiet moment today to reflect on the residents of Kulīna-grāma making their first visit.
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