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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 10.73
একজন যাই’ কহুক্ শুভ সমাচার ।
প্রভু কহে, — সেই কর, যে ইচ্ছা তোমার ॥ ৭৩ ॥
eka-jana yāi’ kahuk śubha samācāra
prabhu kahe, — sei kara, ye icchā tomāra
“One person should go to Bengal and inform them about the auspicious news of Your return to Jagannātha Purī.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
It was proposed that one person go to Bengal to inform others.
The auspicious news was Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s return to Jagannātha Purī.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, “Do whatever you decide.”
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
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