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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.212
গৌড়-নিকট আসিতে নাহি মোর প্রয়োজন ।
তোমা-দুঁহা দেখিতে মোর ইহাঁ আগমন ॥ ২১২ ॥
gauḍa-nikaṭa āsite nāhi mora prayojana
tomā-duṅhā dekhite mora ihāṅ āgamana
“I really had no business in coming to Bengal, but I have come just to see you two brothers.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker says He had no business requiring Him to come to Bengal.
He explains that He came just to see the two brothers.
His words make clear that meeting them was the purpose of His visit.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does coming just to see someone communicate about personal care?
Take a moment today to reflect on the care expressed in the words “just to see you two brothers.”
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