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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 10.34
তবে মহাপ্রভু তাহাঁ বসিলা আসনে ।
চৌদিকে বসিলা নিত্যানন্দাদি ভক্তগণে ॥ ৩৪ ॥
tabe mahāprabhu tāhāṅ vasilā āsane
caudike vasilā nityānandādi bhakta-gaṇe
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu next sat down at the place prepared for Him, and all the devotees, headed by Lord Nityānanda Prabhu, surrounded Him.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sat down at the place prepared for Him.
All the devotees surrounded Him.
Lord Nityānanda Prabhu headed this gathering of devotees.
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:
Nityānanda Prabhu sent Kṛṣṇadāsa to Bengal to inform the Navadvīpa devotees about the Lord’s return to Jagannātha Purī. All the devotees of Navadvīpa thus began arranging to come to Jagannātha Purī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 10
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this gathering help you picture the Lord at the center of His devotees?
Spend a minute quietly recalling the devotees gathered around Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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