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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.61
রাজারে প্রবোধিয়া ভট্ট গেলা নিজালয় ।
স্নানযাত্রা-দিনে প্রভুর আনন্দ হৃদয় ॥ ৬১ ॥
rājāre prabodhiyā bhaṭṭa gelā nijālaya
snāna-yātrā-dine prabhura ānanda hṛdaya
After thus encouraging the King, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya returned home. On the day of Lord Jagannātha’s bathing ceremony, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very happy at heart.
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Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya encouraged the King.
After encouraging him, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya returned home.
On the day of Lord Jagannātha’s bathing ceremony, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very happy at heart.
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
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