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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.40
সবারে কহিল প্রভু — প্রত্যব্দ আসিয়া ।
গুণ্ডিচা দেখিয়া যাবে আমারে মিলিয়া ॥ ৪০ ॥
sabāre kahila prabhu — pratyabda āsiyā
guṇḍicā dekhiyā yābe āmāre miliyā
Bidding farewell to all the devotees, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested them to return to Jagannātha Purī every year to see Him and then see the cleansing of the Guṇḍicā temple.
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While bidding farewell, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested the devotees to return to Jagannātha Purī every year.
He asked them to come back to see Him.
He also asked them then to see the cleansing of the Guṇḍicā temple.
Festive affection and reconciliation. Festivals, reciprocal hospitality, and the deliverance of Amogha show affectionate grace.
The mood of Madhya 15 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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, in return, worshiped Advaita Ācārya with the flowers and tulasī that remained on the offered plate and said a mantra, yo ’si so ’si namo ’stu te (“Whatever You are, You are — but I offer My respects unto You”). Then Advaita Ācārya Prabhu invited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for prasādam.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “cleansing”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does His invitation to return every year shape your understanding of this farewell?
Write one sentence recalling the two things He invited the devotees to see on their yearly return.
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