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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.166
ঐছে চলি, আইলা প্রভু ‘রামকেলি’ গ্রাম ।
গৌড়ের নিকট গ্রাম অতি অনুপাম ॥ ১৬৬ ॥
aiche cali, āilā prabhu ‘rāmakeli’ grāma
gauḍera nikaṭa grāma ati anupāma
Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu eventually arrived at a village named Rāmakeli. This village is situated on the border of Bengal and is very exquisite.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu eventually arrived at the exquisite village of Rāmakeli.
Rāmakeli-grāma is situated on the banks of the Ganges, on the border of Bengal.
Śrīla Rūpa and Sanātana Gosvāmīs had their residences in this village.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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 the many books written by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī. There is also a description of the meeting between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī in the village known as Rāmakeli.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
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