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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 10.53
সাক্ষাৎ পাণ্ডু তুমি, তোমার পত্নী কুন্তী ।
পঞ্চপাণ্ডব তোমার পঞ্চপুত্র মহামতি ॥ ৫৩ ॥
sākṣāt pāṇḍu tumi, tomāra patnī kuntī
pañca-pāṇḍava tomāra pañca-putra mahā-mati
“You are Mahārāja Pāṇḍu himself, and your wife is Kuntīdevī herself. All your highly intellectual sons are representatives of the five Pāṇḍavas.”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu identified Bhavānanda Rāya as Mahārāja Pāṇḍu himself.
He identified Bhavānanda Rāya's wife as Kuntīdevī herself.
He described their highly intellectual sons as representatives of the five Pāṇḍavas.
Relief and affectionate reunion. Devotees gather as the Lord returns; separation is temporarily relieved.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
When Mahārāja Pratāparudra requested the Bhaṭṭācārya to arrange an interview with the Lord, the Bhaṭṭācārya assured him that he would try to do so as soon as Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned from South India. When the Lord returned to Jagannātha Purī from His South Indian tour, He lived at the home of Kāśī Miśra.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 10
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In this verse: “bhavānanda”
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