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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.109
রাজ-পাত্রগণ কৈল প্রভুর বন্দন ।
রাজারে বিদায় দিলা শচীর নন্দন ॥ ১০৯ ॥
rāja-pātra-gaṇa kaila prabhura vandana
rājāre vidāya dilā śacīra nandana
All the governmental officers also paid their respects to the Lord, and finally the King and his men were bade farewell by the son of mother Śacī.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
All the governmental officers paid their respects to the Lord.
The Lord is described here as the son of mother Śacī.
Finally, the Lord bade farewell to the King and his men.
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 the devotees bade farewell to the Lord, the Lord was determined to go to Vṛndāvana, and on the day of Vijaya-daśamī, He departed. Mahārāja Pratāparudra made various arrangements for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s trip to Vṛndāvana.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does offering your respects to the Lord mean to you?
Take a quiet moment today to offer your respects to the Lord.
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