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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.100
‘কটকে’ আসিয়া কৈল ‘গোপাল’ দরশন ।
স্বপ্নেশ্বর-বিপ্র কৈল প্রভুর নিমন্ত্রণ ॥ ১০০ ॥
‘kaṭake’ āsiyā kaila ‘gopāla’ daraśana
svapneśvara-vipra kaila prabhura nimantraṇa
After reaching the city of Kaṭaka, He saw the temple of Gopāla, and a brāhmaṇa there named Svapneśvara invited the Lord to eat.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu reached the city of Kaṭaka.
There He saw the temple of Gopāla.
A brāhmaṇa named Svapneśvara invited the Lord to eat.
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:
In that year also, the Guṇḍicā temple was cleansed, and when the Cāturmāsya period was over, all the devotees returned to their homes in Bengal. Caitanya Mahāprabhu forbade Nityānanda to visit Nīlācala every year.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can you learn from Svapneśvara’s simple offer of hospitality?
Invite someone to share a meal today.
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