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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.131
মিশ্রের আবাস সেই হয় অল্প স্থান ।
অসংখ্য বৈষ্ণব তাহাঁ হৈল পরিমাণ ॥ ১৩১ ॥
miśrera āvāsa sei haya alpa sthāna
asaṅkhya vaiṣṇava tāhāṅ haila parimāṇa
Since the residence of Kāśī Miśra was insufficient, all the assembled devotees were very much overcrowded.
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The devotees had assembled at the residence of Kāśī Miśra.
The residence did not have enough space for all of them.
As a result, the assembled devotees were very much overcrowded.
Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
From the roof of his palace, King Pratāparudra could see all the devotees arriving. Gopīnātha Ācārya stood on the roof with the King, and, following Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya’s instructions, identified each and every devotee.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
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In this verse: “assembled”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How attentive am I to the space others need when we gather?
At a gathering today, help make enough room for someone else.
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