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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.258
তবে রূপ-গোসাঞির পুনরাগমন ।
তাঁহার হৃদয়ে কৈল প্রভু শক্তি-সঞ্চারণ ॥ ২৫৮ ॥
tabe rūpa-gosāñira punar-āgamana
tāṅhāra hṛdaye kaila prabhu śakti-sañcāraṇa
At Jagannātha Purī Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī met the Lord again, and the Lord invested his heart with all transcendental power.
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Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī met the Lord at Jagannātha Purī.
This was another meeting with the Lord.
The Lord invested Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s heart with all transcendental power.
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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