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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.142
এত বলি’ মহাপ্রভু নৌকাতে চড়িলা ।
মূর্চ্ছিত হঞা পণ্ডিত তথাই পড়িলা ॥ ১৪২ ॥
eta bali’ mahāprabhu naukāte caḍilā
mūrcchita hañā paṇḍita tathāi paḍilā
Saying this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu got into a boat, and Gadādhara Paṇḍita immediately fell down unconscious.
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After speaking, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu got into a boat.
Gadādhara Paṇḍita immediately fell down unconscious.
The translation places Gadādhara Paṇḍita’s collapse at the very moment Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entered the boat.
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
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What moves you as you read of Gadādhara Paṇḍita falling unconscious?
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