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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 10.75
তবে গৌড়দেশে আইলা কালা-কৃষ্ণদাস ।
নবদ্বীপে গেল তেঁহ শচী-আই-পাশ ॥ ৭৫ ॥
tabe gauḍa-deśe āilā kālā-kṛṣṇadāsa
navadvīpe gela teṅha śacī-āi-pāśa
Thus Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa went to Bengal, and he first went to Navadvīpa to see mother Śacī.
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Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa went to Bengal.
His first destination there was Navadvīpa.
He went there to see mother Śacī.
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about mother Śacī being his first visit?
Take a moment today to recall the order of the journey: Bengal, then Navadvīpa to see mother Śacī.
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