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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.123
রাত্র্যে তথা রহি’ প্রাতে স্নানকৃত্য কৈল ।
হেনকালে জগন্নাথের মহাপ্রসাদ আইল ॥ ১২৩ ॥
rātrye tathā rahi’ prāte snāna-kṛtya kaila
hena-kāle jagannāthera mahā-prasāda āila
The Lord spent the night there and in the morning took His bath. At that time, remnants of Lord Jagannātha’s food arrived.
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The Lord spent the night there.
In the morning, He took His bath.
At that time, remnants of Lord Jagannātha’s food arrived.
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:
This time, all the wives of the Vaiṣṇavas brought many types of food, intending to extend invitations to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī. When the devotees arrived, Caitanya Mahāprabhu sent His blessings in the form of garlands.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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