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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.75
প্রথমেতে মহাপ্রভু পাঠাইলা দুঁহারে ।
রাজা কহে, এই দুই কোন্ চিনাহ আমারে ॥ ৭৫ ॥
prathamete mahāprabhu pāṭhāilā duṅhāre
rājā kahe, ei dui kon cināha āmāre
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu first sent those two persons in advance. The King inquired, “Who are these two? Please let me know their identities.”
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Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sent the two persons in advance.
The King wanted to know who these two persons were.
He asked to be told their identities.
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:
During Anavasara, while Lord Jagannātha was resting for fifteen days, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, being unable to see Lord Jagannātha, went to Ālālanātha. Later, when the devotees from Bengal came to see Him, He returned to Jagannātha Purī.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.
Am I willing to ask when I do not know who someone is?
Ask someone to introduce a devotee you have not yet met.
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