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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.249
বৃন্দাবন হৈতে যদি নীলাচলে আইলা ।
আঠার বর্ষ তাহাঁ বাস, কাহাঁ নাহি গেলা ॥ ২৪৯ ॥
vṛndāvana haite yadi nīlācale āilā
āṭhāra varṣa tāhāṅ vāsa, kāhāṅ nāhi gelā
When the Lord returned to Jagannātha Purī from Vṛndāvana, He remained there and did not go anywhere else for eighteen years.
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The Lord returned to Jagannātha Purī from Vṛndāvana.
He remained at Jagannātha Purī for eighteen years.
During those years, He did not go anywhere else.
Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.
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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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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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Write one sentence recalling where the Lord stayed and for how long.
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