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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.146
এইমত প্রভু তোমার বিচ্ছেদ সহিয়া ।
তোমার প্রতিজ্ঞা রক্ষা কৈল যত্ন করিয়া ॥” ১৪৬ ॥
ei-mata prabhu tomāra viccheda sahiyā
tomāra pratijñā rakṣā kaila yatna kariyā”
“Similarly, tolerating separation from you, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has protected your vow with great endeavor.”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu tolerated separation from the devotee being addressed.
He protected that devotee’s vow.
Protecting the vow required great endeavor from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Mahārāja Pratāparudra made various arrangements for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s trip to Vṛndāvana. When He crossed the river Citrotpalā, Rāmānanda Rāya, Mardarāja and Haricandana went with Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “separation”
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