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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.228
সেই রাত্রে প্রভু তাহাঁ চিন্তে মনে মন ।
সঙ্গে সংঘট্ট ভাল নহে, কৈল সনাতন ॥ ২২৮ ॥
sei rātre prabhu tāhāṅ cinte mane mana
saṅge saṅghaṭṭa bhāla nahe, kaila sanātana
That night the Lord considered Sanātana Gosvāmī’s proposal that He should not go to Vṛndāvana followed by so many people.
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That night, the Lord considered Sanātana Gosvāmī’s proposal.
The proposal concerned His journey to Vṛndāvana.
Sanātana Gosvāmī had suggested that He should not go followed by so many people.
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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Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do you give thoughtful attention to advice before continuing with a plan?
Take a quiet moment tonight to reconsider one piece of advice you have received.
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