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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 10.104
প্রভুর সন্ন্যাস দেখি’ উন্মত্ত হঞা ।
সন্ন্যাস গ্রহণ কৈল বারাণসী গিয়া ॥ ১০৪ ॥
prabhura sannyāsa dekhi’ unmatta hañā
sannyasa grahaṇa kaila vārāṇasī giyā
After seeing that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted the renounced order, Puruṣottama Ācārya became like a madman and immediately went to Vārāṇasī to take sannyāsa.
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Puruṣottama Ācārya saw that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had accepted the renounced order.
His response was so intense that he became like a madman.
He immediately went to Vārāṇasī to take sannyāsa.
Relief and affectionate reunion. Devotees gather as the Lord returns; separation is temporarily relieved.
The mood of Madhya 10 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:
He accepted the renounced order from Caitanyānanda, but he took the name of Svarūpa. Thus he arrived at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 10
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