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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 10.9
তথাপি প্রকারে তোমা করাইতাম দরশন ।
সম্প্রতি করিলা তেঁহো দক্ষিণ গমন ॥ ৯ ॥
tathāpi prakāre tomā karāitāma daraśana
samprati karilā teṅho dakṣiṇa gamana
“Still, I would have tried to arrange your interview, but He has recently left to tour South India.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker would have tried to arrange an interview with Him.
He had recently left to tour South India.
His departure prevented the speaker from arranging the meeting.
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:
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do I respond when a meeting I hope for cannot be arranged?
Today, pause before reacting to a delayed meeting and acknowledge the circumstances.
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