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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.141
মোর সুখ চাহ যদি, নীলাচলে চল ।
আমার শপথ, যদি আর কিছু বল ॥ ১৪১ ॥
mora sukha cāha yadi, nīlācale cala
āmāra śapatha, yadi āra kichu bala
“If you want My happiness, please return to Nīlācala. You will simply condemn Me if you say any more about this matter.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord asks Gadādhara Paṇḍita to return to Nīlācala.
He makes His happiness the reason for this request: “If you want My happiness, please return.”
He says that speaking any more about the matter will simply condemn Him.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested Gadādhara Paṇḍita to return to Nīlācala, Jagannātha Purī, but he did not abide by this order. From Kaṭaka (Cuttack), Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again requested Gadādhara Paṇḍita to return to Nīlācala, and He bade farewell to Rāmānanda Rāya from Bhadraka.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.
Am I willing to stop insisting on my preference when the Lord’s happiness calls for something else?
Reflect for one minute on the words “If you want My happiness,” and examine one preference you are reluctant to release.
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