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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.116
চতুর্দ্বারে করহ উত্তম নব্য বাস ।
রামানন্দ, যাহ তুমি মহাপ্রভু-পাশ ॥ ১১৬ ॥
caturdvāre karaha uttama navya vāsa
rāmānanda, yāha tumi mahāprabhu-pāśa
The King continued, “At Caturdvāra, please construct new residential quarters. Now, Rāmānanda, you can return to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The King asked for new residential quarters to be constructed at Caturdvāra.
His instructions concerned a practical arrangement for the Lord’s stay.
The King then told Rāmānanda that he could return to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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:
Questioned by the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma, Caitanya Mahāprabhu again repeated the symptoms of a Vaiṣṇava. Vidyānidhi also came to Jagannātha Purī and saw the festival of Oḍana-ṣaṣṭhī.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.
How can practical arrangements express your care for someone?
Prepare a clean, comfortable place for someone to sit or rest today.
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