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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 10.186
প্রভুকে লঞা করা’ন ঈশ্বর দরশন ।
আগে লোক-ভিড় সব করি’ নিবারণ ॥ ১৮৬ ॥
prabhuke lañā karā’na īśvara daraśana
āge loka-bhiḍa saba kari’ nivāraṇa
Kāśīśvara used to usher Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu into the Jagannātha temple. He would precede the Lord into the crowd and keep the people from touching Him.
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Kāśīśvara used to usher Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu into the Jagannātha temple.
He went ahead of the Lord into the crowd.
He kept the people from touching the Lord.
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:
In the meantime, Kāśīśvara Gosvāmī also came to see Caitanya Mahāprabhu. In this chapter, devotees from many different areas come to see Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and they are exactly like many rivers that come from many places to finally flow into the sea.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 10
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