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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.231
এত চিন্তি প্রাতঃকালে গঙ্গাস্নান করি’ ।
‘নীলাচলে যাব’ বলি’ চলিলা গৌরহরি ॥ ২৩১ ॥
eta cinti prātaḥ-kāle gaṅgā-snāna kari’
‘nīlācale yāba’ bali’ calilā gaurahari
Thinking like this, the Lord took His morning bath in the Ganges and started for Nīlācala, saying “I shall go there.”
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After thinking in this way, the Lord took His morning bath in the Ganges.
He then started for Nīlācala.
He expressed His intention by saying, “I shall go there.”
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:
Because he wrote that verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was specifically blessed by the Lord. There is also a description of the many books written by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
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