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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.102
ভিক্ষা করি’ বকুল-তলে করিলা বিশ্রাম ।
প্রতাপরুদ্র-ঠাঞি রায় করিল পয়ান ॥ ১০২ ॥
bhikṣā kari’ bakula-tale karilā viśrāma
pratāparudra-ṭhāñi rāya karila payāna
While Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was taking rest beneath a bakula tree, Rāmānanda Rāya immediately went to Mahārāja Pratāparudra.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was taking rest.
He rested beneath a bakula tree.
Rāmānanda Rāya immediately went to Mahārāja Pratāparudra.
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:
Mahārāja Pratāparudra made various arrangements for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s trip to Vṛndāvana. When He crossed the river Citrotpalā, Rāmānanda Rāya, Mardarāja and Haricandana went with Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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