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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 10.66
এত শুনি’ কৃষ্ণদাস কান্দিতে লাগিল ।
মধ্যাহ্ন করিতে মহাপ্রভু চলি’ গেল ॥ ৬৬ ॥
eta śuni’ kṛṣṇadāsa kāndite lāgila
madhyāhna karite mahāprabhu cali’ gela
Hearing the Lord reject him, Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa began to cry. However, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, not caring for him, immediately left to take His noon lunch.
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Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa heard the Lord reject him.
On hearing this, he began to cry.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu did not attend to him and immediately left to take His noon lunch.
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:
At this time Paramānanda Purī was at Navadvīpa, and immediately upon hearing news of the Lord’s return, he started for Jagannātha Purī accompanied by a brāhmaṇa named Kamalākānta. Puruṣottama Bhaṭṭācārya, a resident of Navadvīpa, was educated at Vārāṇasī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 10
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