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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.260
তবে সনাতন-গোসাঞির পুনরাগমন ।
জ্যৈষ্ঠমাসে প্রভু তাঁরে কৈল পরীক্ষণ ॥ ২৬০ ॥
tabe sanātana-gosāñira punar-āgamana
jyaiṣṭha-māse prabhu tāṅre kaila parīkṣaṇa
Thereafter Sanātana Gosvāmī met the Lord again, and the Lord tested him in scorching heat during the month of Jyaiṣṭha.
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Sanātana Gosvāmī met the Lord again.
During this meeting, the Lord tested him.
The test took place in scorching heat during the month of Jyaiṣṭha.
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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