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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.118
প্রভুর চলিবার পথে রহে সারি হঞা ।
সন্ধ্যাতে চলিলা প্রভু নিজগণ লঞা ॥ ১১৮ ॥
prabhura calibāra pathe rahe sāri hañā
sandhyāte calilā prabhu nija-gaṇa lañā
All these ladies went to the road the Lord was taking and remained there in a line. That evening, the Lord departed with His devotees.
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The ladies went to the road the Lord would take.
They remained there in a line.
That evening, the Lord departed with His devotees.
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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