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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.10
আজি-কালি করি’ উঠায় বিবিধ উপায় ।
যাইতে সম্মতি না দেয় বিচ্ছেদের ভয় ॥ ১০ ॥
āji-kāli kari’ uṭhāya vividha upāya
yāite sammati nā deya vicchedera bhaya
In this way they both presented many impediments, indirectly not granting the Lord permission to go to Vṛndāvana. They did this because they were afraid of separation from Him.
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They both presented many impediments to the Lord’s departure.
In this indirect way, they did not grant Him permission to go to Vṛndāvana.
Their reason was their fear of separation from Him.
Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 16 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:
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to go to Vṛndāvana, Rāmānanda Rāya and Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya indirectly presented many obstructions. In due course of time, all the devotees of Bengal visited Jagannātha Purī for the third year.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “separation”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does their reluctance reveal about how dear the Lord was to them?
Spend a moment reflecting on their fear of separation from the Lord.
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