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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.101
রামানন্দ-রায় সব-গণে নিমন্ত্রিল ।
বাহির উদ্যানে আসি’ প্রভু বাসা কৈল ॥ ১০১ ॥
rāmānanda-rāya saba-gaṇe nimantrila
bāhira udyāne āsi’ prabhu vāsā kaila
Rāmānanda Rāya invited all the others for their meals, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu made His resting place in a garden outside the temple.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Rāmānanda Rāya invited all the others for their meals.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu made His resting place in a garden.
The garden was outside the temple.
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.
When arranging a meal, how can you make sure no one is overlooked?
Check whether someone near you needs an invitation to eat.
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