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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.236
বলভদ্র ভট্টাচার্য, আর পণ্ডিত দামোদর ।
দুইজন-সঙ্গে প্রভু আইলা নীলাচল ॥ ২৩৬ ॥
balabhadra bhaṭṭācārya, āra paṇḍita dāmodara
dui-jana-saṅge prabhu āilā nīlācala
The two persons who accompanied Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Jagannātha Purī [Nīlācala] were Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya and Dāmodara Paṇḍita.
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Two persons accompanied Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Jagannātha Purī.
One companion was Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya, and the other was Dāmodara Paṇḍita.
Their destination, Jagannātha Purī, is also called Nīlācala.
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can you recall the names of the two persons who accompanied the Lord?
Say the names Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya and Dāmodara Paṇḍita aloud once, remembering them as the Lord’s companions.
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