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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.39
প্রভু কহে, — শীঘ্র গিয়া কর দরশন ।
ঐছে ঘর যাই’ কর কুটুম্ব মিলন ॥ ৩৯ ॥
prabhu kahe, — śīghra giyā kara daraśana
aiche ghara yāi’ kara kuṭumba milana
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised, “Immediately go to Lord Jagannātha’s temple to see the Lord. Then go home and meet your family members.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised Rāmānanda Rāya to go immediately to Lord Jagannātha’s temple.
The purpose of going to the temple was to see the Lord.
Afterward, he was to go home and meet his family members.
Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.
The mood of Madhya 11 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:
The King also made promises to Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, who hinted how the King might meet the Lord. During Anavasara, while Lord Jagannātha was resting for fifteen days, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, being unable to see Lord Jagannātha, went to Ālālanātha.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I make room for both visiting the Lord and meeting my family?
Make a simple plan for a temple visit followed by time with your family.
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